DeVito/Verdi 1, Rudy Giuliani 0

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DeVito/Verdi won a small but sweet victory last week when a judge rejected an attempt to ban its work for New York magazine.
New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani had wanted an ad that read “Possibly the only good thing in New York Rudy hasn’t taken credit for” removed from city buses.
The skirmish made the front page of The New York Times on Tuesday last week, but the agency was not mentioned. This marks the second time advertising controversy and Giuliani have gone hand-in-hand; the Mayor stamped his foot over a recent Continental Airlines campaign by N.W.

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