I'm no New Yorker but you gotta have a certain amount of respect for the guy, even though I've also heard he was quite an ego-maniac.
As a district attorney, and as a mayor, I hear he had a no-bullshit policy and was pretty fit for both jobs. The Commission case alone was a big shock to the Families, from which they still haven't fully recovered.
Wasn't he also a candidate running for president?