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Books by and about 2024 presidential candidates |
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Hillbilly Elegy,
by JD Vance (2017) |
Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
Fire and Fury,
by Michael Wolff (2018) |
Trump Revealed,
by Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher (2016) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2016) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
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Book Reviews |
(from Amazon.com) |
(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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Mayoral websites
Click on a participant to pop-up their full list of quotations
from 2020s Mayor's Office Websites (number of quotes indicated):
- Andrew Cuomo (10) New York Democratic candidate NYC Mayor
- Curtis Sliwa (6) Republican nominee for NYC Mayor
- Eric Adams (20) Independent Mayoral candidate NYC
- Marty Walsh (2) Massachusetts Secretary of Labor
- Zohran Mamdani (4) Democratic primary contender for NYC Mayor
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| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Budget & Economy
Eric Adams: Save $1.5B by instituting two year hiring freeze.
Eric Adams: Use incentives to attract life science business to NYC.
Andrew Cuomo: Increase percentage enrolled in subsidized Fair Fares.
Andrew Cuomo: Workforce housing cannot be built by private sector alone.
Andrew Cuomo: Drive economic growth through infrastructure investment.
Curtis Sliwa: Incentivize rehabilitation of vacant rent controlled units.
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Civil Rights
Zohran Mamdani: Make New York an LGBTQIA+ sanctuary city.
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Crime
Eric Adams: Beaten by police at 15, joined NYPD to reform from within.
Eric Adams: Reduce crime by having cops focus on police work.
Curtis Sliwa: Founded Guardian Angels in 1979 due to NYC's rising crime.
Curtis Sliwa: Add on 7,000 NYPD officers to restore law and order.
Andrew Cuomo: Crack down on nuisance and quality of life crimes.
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Drugs
Eric Adams: Evaluate substance abuse clinics locations, spread them out.
Andrew Cuomo: Close open air drug markets.
Curtis Sliwa: More ADAs and investigators to combat drug-related crimes.
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Education
Eric Adams: Expand summer school; keep buildings open year round.
Eric Adams: Make dyslexia screening universal.
Andrew Cuomo: Reduce class size, strengthen career and technical education.
Curtis Sliwa: End wasteful spending; expand vocational training.
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Energy & Oil
Eric Adams: Transition our power source to wind, away from natural gas.
Zohran Mamdani: Renovate 500 public schools to use renewable energy .
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Families & Children
Eric Adams: Increase Earned Income Tax Credit, provide childcare.
Andrew Cuomo: Meet the mental health needs of children and adolescents.
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Government Reform
Eric Adams: Have city agency data combined on single platform.
Eric Adams: Create schoolwide initiatives encouraging voter registration.
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Gun Control
Eric Adams: Reinvent the anti-crime unit as an anti-gun unit.
Marty Walsh: Stopping illegal gun trafficking is a top priority.
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Health Care
Eric Adams: After diabetes diagnosis, led proactive public health effort.
Eric Adams: Expand telehealth to reduce the number of hospital visits.
Andrew Cuomo: Federal government not addressing public health challenges.
Curtis Sliwa: Expand mental health response teams for homeless.
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Homeland Security
Marty Walsh: Prioritize permanent housing for every homeless veteran.
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Immigration
Eric Adams: Allow lawful non-citizens right to vote in city elections.
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Jobs
Zohran Mamdani: Raise the minimum wage to $30/hour by 2030.
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Principles & Values
Eric Adams: Adopt pet-friendly housing policies.
Andrew Cuomo: Provide strong responses to antisemitic incidents in schools.
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Tax Reform
Eric Adams: Two year "Recovery" tax for those making more than $5M.
Eric Adams: Weekly sales tax holiday to support local business.
Andrew Cuomo: Provide targeted tax relief to lower income, middle-class.
Zohran Mamdani: Raise taxes on corporations and millionaires.
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Welfare & Poverty
Eric Adams: Create MyCity, a one-stop portal for services and benefits.
Eric Adams: Build affordable housing in wealthier areas.
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The above quotations are from Mayoral websites.
Autobiographies and Biographies of Mayors:
- American Crisis, by 2025 NYC Mayoral Candidate Andrew Cuomo (Oct. 2020)
- The Plan, by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (Jan. 2009)
- America's Mayor, America's President?, by Robert Polner, May 2007
- The Thumpin', by Naftali Bendavid (about Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, D-IL), May 2007
- Leadership, by former NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (R, NY), Oct. 2002
- Bloomberg by Bloomberg, by Mayor Mike Bloomberg (I, NY), Aug. 2001
- Mayor's Main Page, full coverage of numerous mayors
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