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By now, most people all over the nation are likely aware of the disintegration of the relationship between NYC Mayor, Bill De Blasio, and the largest and finest police organization in the world. That caused me to do some research, to find out what the mayor’s occupational background was. And more specifically, his qualifications for the job he now holds.

  

New York City itself is the most populous city in the United States.The 2013  census-estimated its population to be 8,405,837, distributed over a land area of just 305 square miles. Therefore, its also the most densely populated major city in the United States.

 

Wikipedia shows that, “New York City's financial district, anchored by Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, has been called the world's leading financial center, and the city is home to the world's two largest stock exchanges by total market capitalization, the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. Manhattan's real estate market is among the most expensive in the world. Manhattan's Chinatown incorporates the highest concentration of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere, with multiple signature Chinatowns developing across the city. Providing continuous 24/7 service, the New York City Subway is one of the most extensive metro systems worldwide, with 468 stations in operation. New York City's higher education network comprises over 120 colleges and universities, including Columbia University, New York University, and Rockefeller University, which have been ranked among the top 35 in the world.”

 

However, the brief synopsis doesn’t even come close to the magnitude of the city’s dynamics, omitting things like the hospital and medical networks, banking, museums, transportation aside from subways, law, accountancy, banking and management consultancy, the top global center for the advertising industry, referred to as "Madison Avenue"; while Silicon Alley, is a broad-spectrum in the high technology sphere. 

 

But, while the financial, insurance, health care, and real estate industries form the basis of New York's economy, there's still more. Because the city is also the most important center for mass media, journalism and publishing in the United States, and is the preeminent arts center in the country. Creative industries such as digital media, advertising, fashion, design and architecture also account for a growing share of employment, with New York City possessing a strong competitive advantage in these industries.

 

And now, what are Bill de Blasio’s qualifications for leadership over this metropolis that’s practically a nation unto itself?

 

According to biography.com, “In 1989, Bill de Blasio entered politics to work on David Dinkin's mayoral campaign. After Dinkins won and became the first African-American mayor of New York, de Blasio worked in his administration.

 

“Afterward, de Blasio's career shifted to a national scale. He led Bill Clinton's re-election campaign in New York, and went on to work in the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development under Andrew Cuomo. He then managed Hillary Clinton's 2000 campaign for the U.S. Senate, although he was allegedly pushed out of the campaign toward the end of the race in favor of a more aggressive style.

 

“In 2001, de Blasio joined the New York City Council, where he represented Brooklyn's 39th district. In 2009, he won the public advocate position, making him the second-highest elected official in the city. In his role, de Blasio focused on keeping the government accountable and fought against the city's controversial stop-and-frisk strategy.”

 

According to the New York Times, when Bill de Blasio was 26, he “went to Nicaragua to help distribute food and medicine in the middle of a war between left and right. But he returned with something else entirely: a vision of the possibilities of an unfettered leftist government.

 

“Mr. de Blasio, who studied Latin American politics at Columbia and was conversational in Spanish, grew to be an admirer of Nicaragua’s ruling Sandinista party, thrusting himself into one of the most polarizing issues in American politics at the time. The Reagan administration denounced the Sandinistas as tyrannical and Communist, while their liberal backers argued that after years of dictatorship, they were building a free society with broad access to education, land and health care.”

 

So, here we have a leftist politician who, except for a short time in the Dinkin's administration, has absolutely no background, experience, or capability preparing or enabling him to fulfill the major managerial responsibilities of his job. Which certainly explains why, when confronted with a situation requiring considerable knowledge of managing and controlling major agencies, such as the NYPD, he took a wrong-headed political route, failing miserably.

 

Thus, the problem for New York City is the same as the one the entire nation faces simultaneously. The one’s in charge, having no professional qualifications, are trying to solve extensive, complex, managerial tasks without a shred of comparable preparatory experience or capability between them.

 

That's it for today folks.

 

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