Who did we elect, Mayor Mamdani or Mayor Winfrey? The list had some obvious names — commissioners and deputy mayors — but also some head-scratchers (two people in the City Hall press shop? And not for nothing, as much as we love Press Secretary and Chicago transplant Joe Calvello, shouldn’t he be experiencing his new city (and informing city policy?) The best part of the City and State story was the manner in which the city elite defended the perk and their frenzied 24-7 lifestyles. In 2019, then-Mayor Bill de Blasio announced he would cut, by 500, the number of take-home cars.