THE BAD OLD DAYS RETURN TO NEW YORK: De Blasio has given up on graffiti.

Rudy Giuliani’s implementation of Broken Windows-style police methods kept the city clean and safe during his and Michael Bloomberg’s administrations. In addition to its aesthetic ugliness, De Blasio ignoring graffiti sends a clear signal to thugs that if they can get away with vandalism (and graffiti is vandalism, no matter what the moral relativist left says) then they can get away with lots of other petty crimes as well. Assuming De Blasio is reelected in next year, this isn’t going to end well for the city.