Patricia N. Saffran New York City in many places looks distressed from a post-Covid depression where many still work at home or moved away. Even in the best neighborhoods such as on the Upper East Side there are many empty stores and restaurants. The City has also allowed food carts with cooking odors to be placed on corners of Madison Avenue, adding to the degradation of the luxury aura. Given this bleak picture and to the utter dismay of residents, the City is proceeding full speed ahead with controversial homeless…
