No doubt the free thinkers at The Nation would prefer that the "unruly, diverse" denizens of NYC (that would be the homeless, etc.) be free to express themselves at will, including taking a whizz in public, wherever and whenever. Free the people!!
Your free-urination example was totally appropriate.
People could/would not organize themselves to cross at logical points, and just polluted the city with honking and grid-lock.
Wow! Guiliani is a dictator!