re: New Orleans is a war zone, will the city ever have its own Rudy Giuliani?

NOLA had a sharp reduction in crime at about the same time NY did. Indeed, as recently as 2019 murders were the lowest they had been in 50 years. And we all know what happened since then and yes, it’s been bad. The solution is not complicated but it is hard, particularly with terrible progressive ideas holding sway with most Democratic pols (though not necessarily with older black Dem voters). Hire more cops, more aggressive policing, throw the bad guys in jail. The political will for something like this is not there yet, but that can change.