Justice
Who's Afraid of a Liberal New York Mayor?
Bill de Blasio's sweeping victory doesn't mean the country's largest city wants to turn back time.
The last time New York City had a Democratic mayor, Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” was at the top of the Billboard charts, Schindler’s List was on track to win seven Oscars, and The X-Files made its debut on the Fox network (which was itself only seven years-old). In the news that year, federal agents besieged the Branch Davidian complex in Waco Texas, Bill Clinton agreed to the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy on gays in the military, and the World Trade Center was attacked by terrorists – for the first time.
The mayor was David Dinkins, and it was 1993. In other words, a very long time ago.