If Vox.com were granted the divine power to craft their perfect politician from scratch, the famously self-assured liberal website could still not have conceived of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. The aim is not to help the majority of New York City residents make use of this service, but to prevent them from accessing it. “Murders are way up so far this year in Manhattan,” the New York Post reported this week. Great cities deserve great mayors, and they have a way of making petty men appear that much smaller. Today, it should be perfectly apparent to most observers that there is a very small man in Gracie Mansion.