The NYT called it a reluctant truce: http://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/19/nyregion/grumbling-giuliani-accepts-truce-in-un-parking-war.html http://www.nytimes.com/

The NYT called it a reluctant truce: http://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/19/nyregion/grumbling-giuliani-accepts-truce-in-un-parking-war.html http://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/19/nyregion/grumbling-giulian... Anyway, he may have lost, but it wasn't because anyone actually believed the UN's threat.