I think NYC now is worse than the NYC of the 1970s, and that's really saying something because NYC was a real dumpster fire in the 1970s, but they didn't have this out-and-out brazen crime like they do today. Today you have "leaders" like Adams who is already contemplating a presidential run in 2024. It's the leadership of NYC and NY state that is running both entities into the ground, you have Hochul already undercutting the SCOTUS decision by banning concealed-carry in virtually all public places.
You seem to know the New York City of the 70s and today very well. How long and where did you live there?