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Polybius

(21,298 posts)
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 07:21 PM Sep 2025

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.


29 votes, 3 passes | Time left: Unlimited
Ed Koch - January 1, 1978 - December 31, 1989
2 (7%)
David Dinkins - January 1, 1990 - December 31, 1993
2 (7%)
Rudy Giuliani - January 1, 1994 - December 31, 2001
4 (14%)
Michael Bloomberg - January 1, 2002 - December 31, 2013
16 (55%)
Bill de Blasio - January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2021
5 (17%)
Eric Adams - January 1, 2022 - present
0 (0%)
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Should have had an option "unqualified to comment". OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2025 #1
I thought about it, but some may have never lived here, yet know about all of these guys Polybius Sep 2025 #2
They're well known, but more like "celebrity well known" LeftInTX Sep 2025 #4
If this w as a "who is the best known mayor" poll, I'd probably would have picked Bromberg. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2025 #5
Sorry, but Giuliani is the most famous. That doesn't mean he was good. LeftInTX Sep 2025 #17
Giuliani took credit for the mayors who came before him SocialDemocrat61 Sep 2025 #22
De Blasio mr715 Sep 2025 #3
So sad Prairie Gates Sep 2025 #6
So a Republican billionaire SocialDemocrat61 Sep 2025 #7
I don't understand it. mr715 Sep 2025 #8
I don't get it either SocialDemocrat61 Sep 2025 #9
He became a Republican solely because he couldn't win the Democratic primary Polybius Sep 2025 #10
My favorite Bloomberg moment SocialDemocrat61 Sep 2025 #11
No doubt he did horrible in that debate Polybius Sep 2025 #12
He couldn't win a primary SocialDemocrat61 Sep 2025 #13
He was leading (or close to it) before the debate Polybius Sep 2025 #19
Democrats don't vote for SocialDemocrat61 Sep 2025 #21
Matched against Trump they would Polybius Sep 2025 #23
So they support stop and frisk SocialDemocrat61 Sep 2025 #24
I think 2016, 2020, and 2024 should have taught us that you could fit all the "Never Trumpers" inside a Georgetown Midwestern Democrat Sep 2025 #25
I understand this mr715 Sep 2025 #18
Rudy lol what in the world BannonsLiver Sep 2025 #14
On a site dedicated to supporting democrats SocialDemocrat61 Sep 2025 #16
define best. WarGamer Sep 2025 #15
By best, I mean in general compared to the rest Polybius Sep 2025 #20
I see Bloomberg won. I lived and worked in NYC under him. I have to say, for 50% Scrivener7 Sep 2025 #26
I'm not a New Yorker Hekate Sep 2025 #27
What about John Lindsay? Mossfern Sep 2025 #28
I'm surprised that Ed Koch isn't getting more love Polybius Sep 2025 #29
I am too young to remember him mr715 Sep 2025 #31
At least no one voted for Adams mr715 Sep 2025 #30
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