Welcome to Fear City: a guide to scare tourists away from NYC

So in reality this pamphlet was just a negotiation tactic from the unions? I do note the refrain throughout it that the police and fire brigades were underfunded. Or was it intended as a way to scare donors, a sort of extortion that unless a certain amount was paid, they would start distributing these flyers nationally?

Goes off to read the article

Yep. This was a negotiation tactic to stave off mass layoffs, and apparently an effective one.

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