Zohran Mamdani shows that the toxic wind that began to blow after the killing of George Floyd has become a tornado
New York is generally considered one of the greatest cities on earth, if not the greatest, as the classic tagline goes.
Never mind that in my view, it is stifling in summer and slushy in winter, a concrete jungle from which it often feels there is no escape thanks to a terrifying, erratic subway, an incomprehensible bus system, and all of it laid out on an alienating grid system suited to human compasses, not people.
Then there are the rodents and the cockroaches, the poorly-made housing, and the sky-high prices.
