[C19fan]

Di Blasio in a just a year is reversing two decades of hard work by Giuliani/Bloomberg making NYC livable again. The libertarian politics, especially soft policing, of the Paulites might work in rural and suburban areas with lots of social capital but we are seeing what happens in a major urban area when the police let up.

[Paladin2]

Doesn’t one have to volunteer to be a Mark?

[cripplecreek]

Illegal gambling?

Exactly the sort of thing police shouldn’t be wasting time on and there is nothing libertarian about that sentiment.

[Doogle]

NEW YEARS EVE...along with the pick pockets...expected banner year this year

[b4its2late]

It’s only the beginning.

[TalBlack]

If this reappearance is a sudden new thing I’d guess that someone is trying to provoke something.

[9thLife]

Coming soon: bread lines!

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Maybe we'll see the pimpmobiles of yore.

[mylife]

I thought Obama was in Hawaii?

[discostu]

Awesome. I’ll “play” monte, not to win, but because a good monte guy puts on a great show. I treat them like any other street entertainer.

[ClearCase_guy]

NYC is ready to party like it's 1977!!

[.45 Long Colt]

Are the guys with briefcases full of knockoff watches still around?

[Rodamala]

Hey I’m going down to 42nd Street to take in a peep show. Anyone need a fake ID while I am there?

[Jane Long]

Di Blasio in a just a year is reversing two decades of hard work by Giuliani/Bloomberg making NYC livable again.

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Agree that Wilhelm is destroying the hard work that Giuliani did. But, Bloomberg? No.

[Iron Munro]

scam artists return to midtown

King and Queen Obama are in New York?

[Delta 21]

[Gay State Conservative]

The squeegee guys are already back,aren't they? Rudy...and even Doomberg...kept the city relatively safe.Comrade Wilhelm,OTOH,wants a kinder,gentler NYPD.

[Caipirabob]

Commie cop-hater DiBlasio...building a bridge to the "Bad Old Days" for New York City.

I remember in the heydays of Giuliani. I took my wife to the city for a few days. Whatever was going on was magic. It was fall, the weather was perfect and people were in a very good mood. We went all over the city and met nice, optimistic people.

We took a bus ride with a spirited driver - nice black lady who greeted everyone with a big smile and a "welcome". When the bus got full, an elderly woman and others got on. I offered my seat and every man who spotted a woman standing did the same until we got off the bus. The driver was beaming at all of us with a smile in the mirror. When we got of she waved and wished us a great day. It didn't end there.

We went to China town to "look at"..."stuff" - you know, where they have the secret doors and sell Chinese made knockoffs? The police were all over the place and they just turned their backs on the stores. They were looking for actual trouble and people smiled at them, they smiled back. They seemed to be enjoying the attention while they were obviously making a show of keeping order. We felt protected, they felt appreciated.

Everywhere we went it just seemed people were happy. It was like Disney in New York City. Now I lived near there for years and I can tell you it was not like that before, and I haven't seen it like that since. Best reports I get from residents there is that it's not the same as when Giuliani ran the city.

DiBlasio is a commie curse on the people who live there.

[outofsalt]

"Di Blasio in a just a year is reversing two decades of hard work by Giuliani/Bloomberg..."

I remember pre Giuiani when they had sidewalk chiropractors offering, "loose joints". I guess today they have loose cigarettes and large sodas.

[blueunicorn6]

The people of New York City elected a con man to be their mayor. They deserve him.
“You can’t con an honest man.”
The city is overrun with grifters.

[a fool in paradise]

East Coast hipsters are into oldes cool.