What do you think of him & his chances of being elected? Personally, I identify as a liberal but I’m more of a realistic moderate. I work in finance so I do understand economics and we need more politicians who know how to leverage the private markets to make a more efficient and effective economy. Socialists and leftist progressives are really taking a toll on NYC’s real estate market & their opposition towards development makes everything worse. We need someone who is just willing to bring both sides together, liberal and conservative, and get some common ground that people can live with. I’m not in favor of all this polarization and anti-business rhetoric spewed by socialists.
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Our politics sound very similar, and I couldn't agree more. I really hope he wins- seems like the model leader for the city, and all politicians
He’s definitely qualified and is sort of similar to Bloomberg in the sense that he is business savvy. Even though I was completely opposed to Bloomberg’s stop and frisk policy, you can’t deny the economic prosperity of the city under him. DeBlasio inherited a prosperous NYC from him and ran into the ground with his poor budget management. I hope McGuire gets elected. The only thing I worry about is that people are generally distrustful of Wall St.
Anyone but DeBlasio...
Yes but we also need someone who knows how economics works. I know that may seem rudimentary to you but it seems that all these socialists and progressives in city government have no sense whatsoever of how economics work. They think housing and food can just simply be free, with no consideration of how supply/demand works.
That’s how they always seem to be, not just in the US but everywhere. I can’t understand how they can make themselves believe the awful economic policies they spew.
bio:
https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/raymond-j-mcguire
"Investment banker Raymond J. McGuire was born on January 23, 1957, in Dayton, Ohio. After graduating from the Hotchkiss School in 1975, McGuire enrolled in Harvard University. He went on to graduate from Harvard College cum laude with his A.B. degree in English in 1979. McGuire was awarded a Rotary Fellowship to attend the University of Nice in France in 1980. In 1984, McGuire graduated from Harvard Business School with his M.B.A. degree and from Harvard Law School with his J.D. degree.
McGuire began his career in the mergers and acquisitions department at First Boston Corporation. In 1988, when Joseph R. Perella and Bruce Wasserstein, top officers at First Boston Corporation, left to start their own firm, McGuire went with them. At Wasserstein Perella & Co., McGuire played a key role in many transactions, including Pitney Bowes, Inc.’s acquisition of Ameriscribe. He served as a partner and managing director at Wasserstein Perella & Co. from 1991 to 1994, and then became the managing director of mergers & acquisitions at Merrill Lynch Investment, Inc. In 2000, McGuire was appointed as the the global co-head of mergers & acquisitions at Morgan Stanley where he advised the $19.8 billion sale of Nabisco Holdings to the Philip Morris Company and Pfizer’s sale of its Schick Wilkinson Sword business to Energizer for $930 million in 2003. In 2005, McGuire left Morgan Stanley and was appointed as the co-head of investment banking at Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking. He became the head of global banking in 2009. While there, McGuire managed more than two thousand employees and advised business mergers and acquisitions valued at more than $200 billion, such as Time Warner, Inc.’s $45 billion separation from Time Warner Cable.
McGuire was named chairman of the board of the Studio Museum in Harlem and vice chairman of the board and investment committee chairman of the Whitney Museum of American Art. He also served on the executive committee of the International Center of Photography, as a trustee of the Lincoln Center and chairman of the board of the De La Salle Academy, and as a member of the board of the Mayor’s Cultural Affairs Advisory Committee for the City of New York. In addition, he served as a trustee of New York-Presbyterian Hospital. For Harvard University, he has served as a member of the Overseers and Directors Nominating Committee.
In 2002, Black Enterprise magazine named McGuire one of the “Top 50 African Americans on Wall Street.” He has also received the Alumni Professional Achievement Award from the Harvard Business School, and was named a Distinguished Patron of the Arts by the Pratt Institute."
What was the point of this lol? Anyone commenting on this thread would know who he is.
point is to share information. I thought it was helpful. I didn't realize his background.
Will he allow police to enforce laws?
Don’t take this personal but I don’t understand why people feel like “defund the police” is a movement to abolish the police. It’s not. After decades of police brutality and misconduct, people just decided that they rather their tax dollars go towards other social programs like education, transportation, infrastructure, youth programs, etc than to have a bloated police budget. Another problem you are also seeing is that now when people have demanded fair policing, police union take that as anti-police rhetoric. This basically shows that they don’t believe they can do their job without abusing their power.
You think that idiot doesn't know that? You can't convince idiots when they've made up their minds due to the mindless brainwashing they've undergone. Stop wasting your precious time explaining to idiots why police brutality is a terrible thing that needs to be stopped. They know, don't care, and are comfortable with the status quo.
Lives in a bubble and pays lip service to woke activists. Steady on course.
If nothing else, he will be good for the city’s economy. Considering his connections on Wall St, he won’t have a problem getting big banks and companies to buy into his policies.
I'm not saying this sarcastically, but it is good that you guys are being realistic about the city. Dem or not, standing behind DeB and that cohort is unthinkable. Appreciate the willingness to deviate from the lines when needed. I am conservative but do the same, feels like not many do on either side.
I don’t identify with political party anymore because I’ve noticed both sides are loyal to their party first then people second. It should be the other way around. I’m a liberal but I don’t push for policies that would only benefit liberals. I’d like to see centrists and conservatives get a share of the pie too.
I'm not even sure what to call 'liberals' on the east and west coast. I would like to believe that their views are disparate from other democrats across the country. I think there is a wide disconnect between the EC/WC and the rest of the population. There is this attitude that the rest of the country is just flyover, but a lot of people in former steel towns etc are really hurting. I know that the common refrain is something along the lines of "well they should figure something else out," but some of these people don't have internet access and have minimal education. The lack of attention to that population really hurt the dems in 2016.
Limited confidence he could actually crack down on corruption and waste in the city budget.
Would vote for him to stave off what is likely to be another socialist running against him in the primaries. Further defunding and villainzing the police for 8 years while violent crime is skyrocketing would kill NYC.
Rothschild and Moelis should try to grab the upcoming NYC bankruptcy mandate
I'm black and an A1 IB Analyst but even I'm fucking tired of bankers running for office.
Interesting. I’m black as well but I’m optimistic about McGuire
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