SORRY, SEINFELD: Your love of NYC won’t change the facts about its crisis.

My mother agrees with him.

I appreciate that Seinfeld is also concerned enough about the city to write a rebuttal. But there’s denial, and there’s reality. Denial won’t help anything. Failing to address problems won’t save Gotham.

We all get it. New York has “grit.” I lived three blocks from Ground Zero on 9/11. I lived on Wall Street during the financial crisis and Great Recession. I was optimistic then. But let’s look at the facts — again:

Order a bagel at Monk’s Café and read the whole thing.