15524. INAUGURAL ADDRESS FOR A FICTITIOUS MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY. Speech by a fictitious write-in candidate who has won the mayoral race because of his/her reputation as a philosopher, influenced by the ideas of Plato in the Republic. The speech includes suggestions (based on the views that education is important and that every citizen has a role to fulfill) regarding ways to deal with three major problems in the city: crime, homelessness and unemployment. 6 pages, 7 footnotes, 4 bibliographic sources.