AP IMPACT: Giuliani secretive as mayor
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD, Associated Press Writer
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When a mayor of New York leaves office, little goes out the door but memories — unless he's Rudy Giuliani. Government rules discourage the city's most powerful officeholder from departing with more than token gifts collected on the job. Ed Koch, mayor from 1978 to 1989, recalls keeping some neckties.
His successor, David Dinkins, walked away with knickknacks from his desk, including a crystal tennis ball and a collection of photographs documenting his meetings with celebrities and business icons.
When Giuliani stepped down, he needed a warehouse.
Under an unprecedented agreement that didn't become public until after he left office, Giuliani secreted out of City Hall the written, photographic and electronic record of his eight years in office — more than 2,000 boxes.Along with his own files, the trove included the official records of Giuliani's deputy mayors, his chief of staff, his travel office and Gracie Mansion — the mayor's residence that became a legal battlefront during his caustic divorce.
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In his box-filled City Hall office, then-New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, center, relaxes for a moment during his final radio show in this Dec. 28, 2001, file photo in New York. Under an unprecedented agreement that didn't become public until after he left office, Giuliani left City Hall with the written, photographic and electronic record of his eight years in office, more than 2,000 boxes.
(AP Photo/Beth A. Keiser, File)