Posted on March 11, 2016 by The Editorial Board in The New York Times The New York Times, By The Editorial Board Could it be that the fate of New York City is being decided right now? Mayor Bill de Blasio thinks so. At a rally on Wednesday, he told retirees and union members: “With your help, people are going to look back on these days in March of 2016, and they’re going to say that’s when an affordable city was saved. That’s when we stopped this city from going over the brink.”