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Seth Barron\\xa0joins\\xa0Brian Anderson to discuss New York City politics, Mayor Bill de Blasio\\u2019s first term, the relationship between\\xa0de Blasio and\\xa0Governor Cuomo, and the controversy surrounding this year\\u2019s Puerto Rican Day Parade. \\xa0

\\u201cSurging tax revenues and the continued peace dividend from 20 years of vigorous Broken Windows policing have given Bill de Blasio a relatively easy first term in the mayor\\u2019s office,\\u201d notes Seth Barron in a recent\\xa0story\\xa0for\\xa0City Journal. Indeed, as his\\xa0first term in office winds down,\\xa0de Blasio is an overwhelming favorite to win reelection\\xa0this November. But for many New Yorkers who lived through Gotham\\u2019s worst days two and three decades ago, de Blasio\\u2019s election was a troublesome sign of how fragile the city\\u2019s success might be. His likely second term in office might expose more of that fragility.

Seth Barron\\xa0is associate editor of\\xa0City Journal\\xa0and project director of the NYC Initiative at the Manhattan Institute. He writes primarily about New York City politics and culture.