Surely New York Politics Doesn’t Have to Be This Bad
Surely New York Politics Doesn’t Have to Be This Bad
Two things are happening in New York City at once: the Eric Adams administration is mired in police and corruption scandals, and New Yorkers are suffering greatly under austerity. It’s a perfect opportunity for a mayoral challenger from the Left.
With respect to New Yorkers, looking in from the outside, it feels like they just vote for the person who promises to be the biggest asshole to homeless people and don't seem to care about much else.
And this is where it gets you.
Yeah, it's not like he was hiding the fact that he was a cop before the election.
SF has the same general issue: there are a bunch of rich NIMBYs, old people, and closet conservatives who band together to elect center-right neolibs and cops.
Seattle too. Honestly I think it is just the nature of big cities where most middle to lower class folks can't afford live in them.