A four-point agenda to save New York, Chicago, and other Democrat-run cities
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Quality of life is plunging in Democrat-run cities like New York.
Betsy McCaughey is a former lieutenant governor of New York and chairman of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths. Follow her on Twitter @Betsy_McCaughey.
It doesn't have to be this way. The Big Apple could be a safe, thriving place to live. But our politicians have no vision of a better future, no priorities.
Last year, Mayor Eric Adams announced a plan, "Rebuild, Renew, Reinvent: A Blueprint for New York City's Economic Recovery," which includes 70 initiatives. Seventy priorities mean no priorities at all. It proposes a "hub for digital game development" and a "one-of-a-kind cultural district on Governors Island." These are hardly essentials when the city is headed off a fiscal cliff.