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b'Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia was one of the greatest mayors in US history.\\xa0 New Yorkers agree-- they reelected him twice.\\xa0 The Progressive Republican ran the city from 1934 to 1945, managing to turn around the city after the Depression, defeat Tammany Hall, and crack down on the mob starting with having Lucky Luciano arrested on LaGuardia\'s very first day in office.\\xa0 A straight shooter with zero tolerance for bullshit,\\xa0 this is the guy who said\\xa0 "Prohibition cannot be enforced for the simple reason that the majority of American people do not want it enforced and are resisting its enforcement."\\n\\nTo check out after listening:\\n\\nBette Davis is a gun moll who testifies against her mob boss in The Marked Woman, based on the prosecution of Lucky Luciano.\\n\\nThe Pulitzer Prize- winning musical Fiorello!\\n\\nFor a ton of information on everything related to LaGuardia, go to the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives at CUNY.\\n\\nFollow Fiorello on Twitter, courtesy of WNYC. (He REALLY cares about food.)'