[Reeses]

DiBlasio has destroyed the city.

Yet with the middle class and higher American-born leaving, the city voter base is getting even more leftist and more likely to re-elect s/him. They have the votes now to embrace 100% socialism at the city level, even print their own currency to solve all their problems. While socialism enables the crappiest to rise to the top, there are reasons socialism doesn't last very long at just the city level. But there's still enough time to loot the sinking ship and prepare an overseas escape plan for the soon-to-be rich leaders. Swiss banks love the socialist end state.

[cgbg]

New York City has a long history of cycles.

They get a good mayor, the city gets prosperous, there is lots of new construction, the population increases, the crime decreases, the schools get better, etc.

Then they get complacent and decide they want to share some of the new wealth with the poorer folks in town. They elect a left-wing mayor. Crime goes up, schools get worse, the city loses many wealthy residents, the population decreases. Landlords stop maintaining the apartments and new construction stops.

At some point it gets bad enough that a significant portion of the working poor decide they need to improve the quality of life in the city, particularly when their apartment building starts to get infested with rats and criminals start roaming the hallways and entrance-ways.

They elect a good mayor and the cycle starts again!

[mrsmith]

” he city voter base is getting even more leftist and more likely to re-elect s/him. “

Great insight!
It pays to “burn the village down to save it” for DeBlasio.

[stonehouse01]

“...city voter base getting more leftist...”

Exactly. I told my husband a few days ago that this will happen - the socialist mayor and governor will get reelected because of demographics. The millions who want freebies are left and will vote communist. They will disenfranchise the rest of the state as well and so the governor will remain communist/socialist.

My two daughters and their families are getting out of Brooklyn; all of their friends are leaving as fast as possible.