For his part, the governor has balanced his tough-on-crime reputation with a desire to appeal to black and Hispanic voters.
In one recent case, he said, a judge with a tough-on-crime reputation allowed an 18-year-old man from El Salvador, who had already pleaded guilty to burglary and nearly completed his prison term, to withdraw his guilty plea and ask for a new trial.
Namely, convincing the Tories that a change in policy wouldn't damage their tough-on-crime reputation.
Mr. Bloomberg is many things to many people -- school reformer, cigarette hater, tax raiser -- but the crime fighter reputation still appears to belong to his predecessor.
Mexico's problems with organised crime, its reputation as a source of migrants (though few now cross the border) and the fear that it might provide an access route for terrorists (though it hasn't) make closer trilateral ties politically toxic in the other two countries.This neglect is a missed opportunity, according to a new report* by the Council on Foreign Relations, a New York think-tank.
The magazine adds to the city's crime-fighting reputation with statistics showing that New York is safer than London in virtually all categories of crime.
And his crime-fighting reputation was minted.
You are shifting your share of the cost of the service -- or in this case, of its crime-deterring reputation -- to paying customers.
The Reads Lane area is sometimes called West Lawrence, after the Nassau County town of Lawrence to the east; it was a marketing ploy dreamed up by older residents to distance themselves from the neighborhood's crime-infested reputation, said Irving Baron, who has lived on Hicksville Road for 43 years.
Motivated by the need to shed Pacoima's crime-ridden reputation -- known also as the home to Danny Trejo's criminal past before turning to acting -- Ponce wanted to show that his "underrated" community had more to offer.
