Table of Contents
Introduction xi
New York's Coronavirus Disaster 1
De Blasio's Administration Downplays a Pandemic 2
The de Blasio Tragic Comedy of Errors 11
Virus on Surface 11
Asymptomatic Transmission 12
Urging People to See Doctors 13
De Blasio Appoints de Blasio 14
Free Help? Not from Christians 15
A Tale of Two Cities-NYC vs. San Francisco 17
NYC Health Commissioner Resigns 20
New York-A Tale of Two Cautionary Tales 21
Andrew Cuomo's Fatal Nursing Home Order 24
Cuomo Plays Defense 26
Cuomo's Defense Falls Apart 27
Cuomo Plays Defense-Round 2.0 29
The True Nursing Home Death Toll Remains Unknown 33
Cuomo's Pandemic Preparedness 36
New York's Bureaucratic Nightmare 38
Cuomo to Out-of-State Health Care Workers: Thanks-but Not That Much 41
The Protests 42
As New York Burns, the Media Sings Cuomo's Praises 51
The Economics of New York 59
The State of the State 60
New York's Regulatory Climate 64
Income and Wealth 69
The Infrastructure of New York 71
New York's Looming Fiscal Disaster 74
Pensions 78
Escape from New York 79
"The Worst Place to Do Business in America" 85
Cuomo Begs People to Stop Leaving-and for a Bailout 89
New York City's War on Education 93
NYC's Elite Schools 96
Gifted and Talented Programs 98
Failing Schools 100
Law and Order in New York City 103
A History of Law and Order in New York City 105
The Quality of Life Campaign 109
Welfare Reform 110
Enter, Bill de Blasio 112
Bill de Blasio's Tumultuous Relationship with Police 118
The Bail Reform Disaster 126
COVID Chaos 130
Plainclothes Unit Disbanded 131
Defund the Police 135
The Return of Broken Windows 137
About the Author 145
