New York Greenwich Village (Greenwich Village), has a long history of brownstone, near Washington square park, a city of the most famous public space has been regarded as one of the most popular Manhattan's address.
But in 35 years ago, the area, although still housing New York university, is very good. This park is the epicenter of the New York increasingly serious drug trade in illegal trade, from morning until evening, and dealers and their customers. Park famous arch imitates the Paris of the arc DE triomphe and future movies, including "when harry met Sally" racist graffiti in the background of the cover. And ground scattered broken glass pieces, in the nearby people jokingly said, it is like to live near the old bottle company.
"This is a disaster," Joan, a 65 - year - old Manhattan residents, who refused to disclose her name, recall her walk in the park now original Friday morning with her part labrador, Charlie. "People to avoid this place. You can't walk from here in the past have not been scared, even during the day."
This is a mood, defines the New York, as the city on the the edge of bankruptcy, face in its history any crime epidemic don't like. In the summer of 1977 May have been the era of low: the upper edge of the residents is more than a series of murder a serial killer is called three son's promise, and New York is into further chaos, a city within the scope of the power blackout tip mass rape and in brooklyn and Bronx disturbances.
But, the crafty Congressman Ed cork and Greenwich village residents called his unbridled frankly, the fall of the year, won the promise, he will bring back to life, the mayor of New York city election part. New York people now live in the world's most safety, one of the most successful city, in large part, because Koch in the city's greatest champions of.
"He gave us back to our pride, our morale," jack Lebewohl operation road no. 2 right, the city's oldest dining place, one of his family, told yahoo news.
A former mayor of New York in 1978 to 19 89 as the three, who died in the 88 - year - old congestive heart failure on Friday the era of the golden age of some will consider.
This is not only the city into financial difficulties, but the federal government's rescue request was refused Gerald ford President and congress. That prompted the New York daily news operation of the most famous one of the headline: "ford city, fell to the ground."
The rampant crime and the feeling of unrest in the city was captured movies like Martin also think it's "taxi driver," in this production have been interrupted the beep police car crime reports about times square and hell's kitchen, there is the main film shooting.
At the start of his bid for mayor, Koch positive not only restore the city's financial status, but try to change the terrible city image. He put the news to average people. He spent a few hours, take the subway in the subway car often cover from ceiling to floor graffiti five administrative region for ticket to shake hands.
"How 'm what I'm doing?" Koch will ask, again and again, solicit the opinions of the people.
To win the general election, Koch immediately transferred to hold public expenditure, and efforts to restore the urban credit. The use of money, he does have, Koch put money into capital refurbishment projects, such as city street, the subway, Bridges and other infrastructure construction, such as. He also support efforts to restore the urban Park system, public places, such as Washington square Park and Central Park (Central Park), vowed to drive away their crime and put them back to the original grand.
Koch is key and future regions, such as the east side, he put more police on the ground back prostitution and drug trafficking to rule streets, and promote the economic development of more.
"When he was formally established in 78, this is a welcome change," said Robert Albinder Katz, general manager of the deli for more than thirty years, once in the east deli. "He is the person who has been looking for, we have to deal with the crisis, but he just gave you a good mood. He with renewed vigor of the city. You start to see a lot of improvement, people's attitude and enterprise back."
He added, "of course, it took a long time, this is not happen overnight, but his term, the city better."
Koch didn't a perfect term in the town hall. Although his first and second term, his watch is benefited from the economy picks up to the good tendency, Koch's third term dominant scandal. Many of his top aides were involved in a corruption scandal, but Koch has never involved in the illegal behavior.
Koch also public feud and criticism, the mayor of New York who discarded in the AIDS crisis response is slow. (affiliated company said afterward, he alert the public in a low voice talking about his sexuality too call a spade a spade AIDS. The mayor also has bad relationship, in the city and the American black leaders. He lost his bid for re-election, in 1989 a year in the city's racial tensions, including five black teenagers were accused of raping a woman in central park jogging cases.



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