Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani rings the opening bell.

Wednesday March 28, 2007
at Nasdaq's MarketSite
in Times Square, New York

Former New York City Mayor
Rudy Giuliani

In 1993, Rudy became the first Republican elected Mayor of the City of New York in a generation. Campaigning on the slogan "One City, One Standard," he focused on reducing crime, reforming welfare and improving the quality of life. In 1997, he was re-elected with 57% in a city in which Democrats outnumbered Republicans five to one.

Under Mayor Giuliani's leadership, overall crime was cut by 56%, murder was cut by 6%, and New York City -- once considered the crime capital of the country -- became the safest large city in America according to the FBI. New York City's law enforcement strategy has become a model for other cities around the world, particularly the CompStat program, which won the 1996 Innovations in Government Award from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

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