Yes, it Is ashamed NYers don’t appreciate how far they had come with Giuliani cleaning up the red light district. That area was scary and not safe. Even the Police would not go into some areas without a lot of back up.
I am afraid the new liberal leadership in NY will lead the city back to the days of old. The liberals do not respect the police and after the Officers were assassinated the liberal left have been celebrating; disgusting!
Indeed, a sad state of affairs. I recall in 2006 seeing all of the ‘normal’ people on the sidewalks. It won’t be long before the booming tourist business drops off, precipitously. Hoping that this negative trend reverses, it really pleased me to see a functional city.