Mayor de Blasio’s “State of the City” address Feb. 13 was, typical of such speeches no matter who the chief executive is, longer on vision than concrete action—most notably not addressing some of the problems that have dogged his administration amid its successes.
He offered shout-outs to city workers—most of them in the uniformed agencies—who performed their jobs well and sometimes heroically, from 52-year Sanitation Worker Joe Caggiano to Detective Leo Pereyra, a member of his security detail who while off duty rescued a woman who had jumped on the tracks along the E line.
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