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The narrative is a train wreck of discontinuity

Basically what it says. The events of his life are related out of sequence, in no logical order that is immediately evident. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wscholine (talk • contribs) 19:56, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

POV problems

This article is extremely promotional in its tone. Just look at the lead: "La Guardia revitalized New York City and restored public faith in City Hall." Single-handedly? "His administration engaged new groups that had been kept out of the political system, gave New York its modern infrastructure, and raised expectations of new levels of urban possibility." That last part is awfully broad. Then there's this in the body "La Guardia was a tireless and vocal champion of progressive causes". A champion? Awfully strong word to be used in such a declarative sense. -Indy beetle (talk) 06:04, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

I fixed the lead. Nothing yet to the body, though it does need some work as well. epicgenius (talk) 17:03, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

I think this is incorrect. It is pretty consensus that La Guardia was a quality mayor and those sentences if you know the history are not broad. I am new to wikipedia though.Joco179 (talk) 02:30, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

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La Guardia banned pinball machines in NYC

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Anti-fascism

@VampaVampa what part of this doesn't say "anti-fascist" to you?

La Guardia's 1933 campaign coincided with the rise of racial and religious hostilities in Germany, and he supported a more anti-Nazi response while in office.^[1] He publicly supported groups that engaged in boycotts of German goods and spoke alongside Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, leader of the American Jewish Congress.^[1] In 1935, La Guardia caused an international stir when he denied a masseur license to a German immigrant, stating that Germany had violated a treaty guaranteeing equal treatment of American professionals by discriminating against American Jews.^[1] Despite threats from Germany (including a bomb threat against New York City's German Consulate), La Guardia continued to use his position as mayor to denounce Nazism.^[1] During his reelection campaign in 1937, speaking before the Women's Division of the American Jewish Congress, he called for the creation of a special pavilion at the upcoming New York World's Fair, "a chamber of horrors" for "that brown-shirted fanatic," referring to Hitler.^[2]^[1] He also led anti-Nazi rallies and promoted legislation to facilitate the U.S. rescue of the Jewish refugees.^[3]^[1]^[1]

References

[1]
Katz, Elizabeth D. (June 30, 2020). ""Racial and Religious Democracy": Identity and Equality in Midcentury Courts". Rochester, NY. SSRN 3441367.
[2]
David M. Esposito, and Jackie R. Esposito, "La Guardia and the Nazis, 1933–1938." American Jewish History 1988 78(1): 38–53. ISSN 0164-0178; quote from H. Paul Jeffers, The Napoleon of New York (2002) p. 233.
[3]
"They Spoke Out: American Voices Against The Holocaust". dep.disney.go.com. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016.

Qualiesin (talk) 02:24, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

@Qualiesin: What part of that says anti-fascist, because all I can see is anti-Nazi? Concerning La Guardia's alleged anti-fascism, how do you square it with the below episode?

In December 1935, at an Italian-American rally, attended by 20,000, in Madison Square Garden, La Guardia presented a $100,000 check to the Italian Consul General,^[a] part of a total $700,000 raised from Italian-Americans to help fund the invasion.^[2]^[3]^[4]

More evidence is needed either way, but it seems La Guardia was only opposed to the German variety of fascism, not to fascism as such.

References

[1]
"1935 Press Photo Group with the Italian Consul General G Vecchietto", Historic Images, 24 October 1935, retrieved 26 January 2025{{citation}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
[2]
Ben-Ghiat, Ruth (June 8, 2021). "When Harlem and Little Italy Clashed over Ethiopia". Lucid. substack. Archived from the original on June 12, 2021.
[3]
Ben-Ghiat, Ruth (August 3, 2020). "Perspective: When fascist aggression in Ethiopia sparked a movement of Black solidarity". Washington Post. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
[4]
LaGumina, Salvatore John (1999). Wop!: A Documentary History of Anti-Italian Discrimination in the United States. Guernica Editions. p. 250. ISBN 978-1-55071-047-2.

VampaVampa (talk) 23:07, 9 July 2025 (UTC)