W ELL, WE'VE healed some of those wounds in the past few years. New York is feeling better now. Crime is down. Welfare is actually shrinking. Teenage pregnancy, too.
Jobs are up, though our unemployment rate is still three points higher than the national average.
Last time, we were saved by the boom downtown. As is so often the case when things go up or down in New York City, Manhattan led the way. It was the finance business this time, and all the swirl of dollars that threw off. And not only in the city, but in the entire region. We'll still be their interface.