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Bloomberg "Trippin'" About Street Safety For Women
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Jaya Saxena
Published Jan 25, 2011
Modified Jan 25, 2011
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Jaya Saxena
Published Jan 25, 2011
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While in Queens last night, Bloomberg bragged, "Today, a woman could walk in virtually every neighborhood in this city during the day and not look over her shoulder, and most neighborhoods at night." But many of the city's women question how a middle aged man living on the UES (and Bermuda) could know that. Carla Banks of Kingsbridge Heights said, "Bloomberg's trippin'. This isn't the upper East Side. He's definitely out of touch with what women deal with in the Bronx." Please let him get back in touch with the people by pulling a Bulworth.
Nora Nestor of Crown Heights agrees: "I love my neighborhood. I feel safe in it, but I wouldn't walk anywhere in New York without being aware of what's behind my shoulder." But according to women on the Upper East Side, Bloomberg is totally right! Theresa Ackerly said, "Yes, it has gotten better. This nabe changed a lot. Back in the '80s, there were a lot of gangs. Mayor Bloomberg is doing all right in terms of crime." Except that murders and rapes are up.
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