EDITORIAL
NO ONE WINS A
BET AGAINST NYC
For 400 years, New York has been hit by one major
crisis after another, and persisted. Here’s
what we’ve gone through in just the last two
decades:
• A massive, coordinated terrorist attack on Sept. 11,
2001, that killed 3,000 people and caused our two tallest
buildings to collapse.
• A devastating economic crisis in 2008 that put two
of the city’s biggest investment firms — Bear Stearns
and Lehman Brothers — out of business and brought
our lucrative financial sector to its knees.
• Superstorm Sandy in 2012, which wiped out low-lying
areas in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and Staten
Island, leaving our city with much to rebuild.
• The current COVID-19 pandemic, which killed
thousands of our fellow citizens, forced the closure of
thousands of businesses, disrupted our way of life and
wrought financial devastation.
After 9/11, the financial crisis of 2008 and Superstorm
Sandy, there were plenty of skeptics who wondered
if our city would survive these crises. Each time,
we did.
Now, as the city slowly but steadily gets back on its
feet after COVID-19, we’ve heard too many hot takes online
about how New York City is either finished or not
going to survive this pandemic.
Frankly, we’re left to roll our eyes and laugh, because
nobody has ever made money betting on the demise
of New York City.
Are people leaving the city now? Yes. But there will
be newcomers to our city in the years to come. They’ve
been coming here over and over again, from across the
country and world, for four centuries. A virus isn’t going
to stop that for very long.
Does New York City have a crime problem? Yes.
Shootings are too frequent, and property crimes are increasing.
But we remember “the bad old days” like the
current cynics do, and understand that the city overcame
them.
Have businesses taken a devastating hit? Of course
they have. And more must be done to save those struggling
to stay afloat. Yet our city’s history serves to reassure
that after previous economic panics and depressions,
the city lifted itself from the depths of economic
despair and flourished like never before.
As a city, we should have more faith in ourselves,
and our ability to persevere. There’s no doubt we’ve
been hit, but there’s also no doubt that we will recover.
We’ve done it before. Why can’t we do it again?
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As a city, we should have more faith in ourselves, and our ability to persevere. There’s no doubt we’ve been hit,
but there’s also no doubt that we will recover. Photo via Getty Images
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