in terms of the relationship between the nypd and the community it served. - in the new york times cbs poll, 47% of new yorkers say the mayor s policies have led to an increase in police brutality. - rudy is not a man who says he does wrong. as far as rudy s concerned, he just keeps on going. - rudy was an opportunist, but rudy s ambition was always there. his need to prove himself was very great. - rudy saw the end of the mayoralty in the future. he saw it coming. and he didn t like it. - he had to figure out, what s the next gig? the governor s seat was taken by pataki. so the only thing available to him, if he wants to move up, is the united states senate. - so much to talk about, so little time. so are you gonna run for senate? - i m giving it careful consideration.
- if you think rudy giuliani is about being a politician, you don t understand him. he is a fascinating, engaging, and sometimes frustrating individual. he was the most dimensional person that i ever worked for, with the single greatest highs of my lifetime, a few lows that disappoint his allies and friends. - to understand rudy, you really understand that at the core, he s an angry man and always was. and anger can be directed in a positive way or a negative way. - rudy always felt like he was going to win. so did i. we knew that rudy had the appropriate skills and experience that he should be elected mayor of the city. - between 1989 when he lost and 1993, he gave himself an education in how to be a candidate and how to be a mayor.
oh, wow, rudy is now finished. i never thought that, even when he lost. - from that night, giuliani started his second campaign for the next four years. - people say this can t be done? screw them. i m gonna show you that it can. there is this tight sense of, it s us against the world. let s show the world what assholes they are. those have always been his instincts. - and look, god, talk about longevity in american politics. the guy is, like, [bleep] amazing. - the battle has begun. former u.s. attorney rudolph giuliani launched his formal campaign today to capture city hall. - we re running against a man who s potentially gonna be
to his second term. - we did it! we turned this city around. - in the second term, giuliani is increasingly a lone ranger in his politics and in his personal life. - when rudy comes in for his second term, which he treats as sort of a victory lap, overwhelming win. but he immediately begins to see the white house off in the distance. - ironically, he maybe accomplished too much in the first four years. he probably should have paced himself a little more. - he starts off his second term by saying, we re gonna end jaywalking, in a city where jaywalking has been and continues to be an art form. and, you know, new yorkers broadly responded like, what? - at first, people laughed when he launched a politeness campaign. - everybody has to be civil. - but the laughter turned to protest when giuliani put up pedestrian barricades, ticketed jaywalkers, and tried to restrict street artists. - like, the first time, he was mayor rudy.
- [announcer] do you have an invention idea but don t know what to do next? call invent help today. they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. [tense music] - the city of new york became the safest big city in america. - as time goes by, the kind of obsession with metrics becomes a problem. - mayor giuliani said, i want those numbers lower. i want them lower and lower. - the strong drop in crime fed the accusation that his police force was too aggressive. - the streets are safer. but the cost was having a police department that started to act as an occupying army. - for rudy, what quality of life meant was quality of white life.