NEW YORK TIMES New York City Poll, January 2003 / The New York Times.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 3741.

ICPSR ; 3741

CBS News/New York Times Poll Series ; 3741

Language:

English

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

ICPSR version.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2003.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

This special topic poll is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and a range of other political and social issues. The study was conducted in part to assess respondents' opinions and concerns about the state of New York City under the administration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Residents of the city were asked to give their opinions of Mayor Bloomberg and his handling of education, crime, the budget, the economy, and overall quality of life issues in New York City, as well as their views on what issue(s) should garner the most attention. Their opinions were also sought on New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, including their satisfaction with the quality of public schools in the city. A series of questions addressed Bloomberg's plan to balance the budget. Questions focused on respondents' views regarding the severity of the budget problems, the cuts in services and tax increases already made, and whether the fire and police departments should have been included in those cuts. Respondents' opinions were sought on the progress made by the Bloomberg administration in the following areas: improving neighborhood public schools, keeping New York City safe from crime, helping the city recover from the 2001 terrorist attacks, creating affordable housing, and balancing the city's budget. Those polled answered questions about their concern regarding another terrorist attack in New York City and whether the city would be prepared, the proposals for rebuilding at the World Trade Center site including their preferred plan, the speed of the redevelopment of the site, and whether Bloomberg or Governor George Pataki should have more influence. Respondents were asked whether their encounters with panhandlers bothered them, whether they had seen more homeless people and/or people using/selling drugs in recent months, whethe... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03741

Contents:

Part 1: Data File

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

OCLC:

61155515

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