good luck...
To everyone saying NYC won't change, some prognostications from someone who saw this movie in SF:
1. It'll be crime season: unfettered shoplifting, car break-ins, assaults, all of it.
2. The wealthy will insulate themselves via security and private spaces, and the working class will suffer the most as they depend on public infra.
3. Schools likely wrecked as selective programs canceled for equity reasons: once again, the wealthy opt for private, and the smart poor kids screwed
4. Jews living in fear as antisemitic attacks (already high) increase. Synagogues' security fees go up as NYPD pulled from guard duty. Everything Israel-related sanctioned, canceled, denounced.
5. Rents will skyrocket as landlords either pull properties from the market, or demand sky-high premiums upfront. Again, the wealthy can pay, but the poor will lose.
6. NYC media flying cover for all of it
No recalls in NYC (unlike SF), so it'll just be this way for years. Eventually a return to sanity. NYC won't die of course, it'll just suck for a bit.