ROBERT S:   You know that Mayor Giuliani is a good man. I love what he's doing for crime. And panhandlers do involve crime in some ways, the way people come up and ask a person for something, and snatch things, and take things from them.   ..........   NEEDCOM:   Do a lot of people tend to give you change?     LANETTE:   Yes, dollars, dollar bills—they don't give me pennies. There's some good people out here. They've been good. Back in the years, I used to make a lot of money.     NEEDCOM:   Is it different now?     LANETTE:   It's different now. 'Cause times is hard, man. Since Giuliani got on. It's tough!     Who's the best panhandler you've met?   ATMs Law New York University

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