Wealthy cities like New York can often only afford progressive policies when the economy is booming.

New York’s new state budget protects business as usual in the state from meaningful reform. That means NYC will continue to be terribly governed.

An NYT writer laments the decline of the city’s independent booksellers due to high rents. We wonder if blue model policies have something to do with that.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s approval ratings have fallen to 39 percent—just over half of his total in last year’s election. It’s still early, but this is not a good start for the standard bearer of the Democrats’ liberal wing.