[Wallace T.]

When was New York City not governed by left wingers? (possibly excepting Giuliani, who at most was a moderate.) Back in the 1920s? Leftists have become more wimpy, and, regretfully, so have moderates and some conservatives. Further, the whole political spectrum has turned more authoritarian.

[Labyrinthos]

Agreed. However many GOP executives, mayors, and town supervisors in the NYC suburbs and north towards Albany also made the same nanny-state, knee-jerk decision to close highways, roads, mass transit, government buildings, and consequently, many businesses before the first snowflakes hit the ground.