Bill de Blasio and the New Urban Populism

Joel Kotkin of Chapman University argues that opposition to de Blasio’s agenda will likely be minimal: “The realities of New York are that the city is only 40 percent white last I looked; it has high poverty rate, and exceptional inequality,” Kotkin wrote. In addition, “you replace working/middle class Italians and Jews for young, often single, hipsters. Notch another one for de Blasio.”