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Polybius

(20,786 posts) Fri Sep 5, 2025, 08:21 PM Friday

Best New York City Mayor in modern times [View all]

Let's start with 1978 and work our way up. Who was our best Mayor? I'm torn between Koch and Bloomberg, so I'll hear your opinions before I decide to vote in my own poll.

36 votes, 3 passes \| Time left: Unlimited
	Ed Koch - January 1, 1978 - December 31, 1989
	4 (11%)
	David Dinkins - January 1, 1990 - December 31, 1993
	2 (6%)
	Rudy Giuliani - January 1, 1994 - December 31, 2001
	4 (11%)
	Michael Bloomberg - January 1, 2002 - December 31, 2013
	18 (50%)
	Bill de Blasio - January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2021
	8 (22%)
	Eric Adams - January 1, 2022 - present
	0 (0%)
	3 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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Best New York City Mayor in modern times [View all] Polybius Friday OP

Should have had an option "unqualified to comment". OAITW r.2.0 Friday #1

I thought about it, but some may have never lived here, yet know about all of these guys Polybius Friday #2

They're well known, but more like "celebrity well known" LeftInTX Friday #4

If this w as a "who is the best known mayor" poll, I'd probably would have picked Bromberg. OAITW r.2.0 Friday #5

Sorry, but Giuliani is the most famous. That doesn't mean he was good. LeftInTX Saturday #17

Giuliani took credit for the mayors who came before him SocialDemocrat61 Saturday #22

De Blasio mr715 Friday #3

So sad Prairie Gates Friday #6

So a Republican billionaire SocialDemocrat61 Saturday #7

I don't understand it. mr715 Saturday #8

I don't get it either SocialDemocrat61 Saturday #9

He became a Republican solely because he couldn't win the Democratic primary Polybius Saturday #10

My favorite Bloomberg moment SocialDemocrat61 Saturday #11

No doubt he did horrible in that debate Polybius Saturday #12

He couldn't win a primary SocialDemocrat61 Saturday #13

He was leading (or close to it) before the debate Polybius Saturday #19

Democrats don't vote for SocialDemocrat61 Saturday #21

Matched against Trump they would Polybius Saturday #23

So they support stop and frisk SocialDemocrat61 Saturday #24

I think 2016, 2020, and 2024 should have taught us that you could fit all the "Never Trumpers" inside a Georgetown Midwestern Democrat Saturday #25

I understand this mr715 Saturday #18

Rudy lol what in the world BannonsLiver Saturday #14

On a site dedicated to supporting democrats SocialDemocrat61 Saturday #16

define best. WarGamer Saturday #15

By best, I mean in general compared to the rest Polybius Saturday #20

I see Bloomberg won. I lived and worked in NYC under him. I have to say, for 50% Scrivener7 Saturday #26

I'm not a New Yorker Hekate Saturday #27

What about John Lindsay? Mossfern Saturday #28

I'm surprised that Ed Koch isn't getting more love Polybius Yesterday #29

I am too young to remember him mr715 Yesterday #31

At least no one voted for Adams mr715 Yesterday #30