Mayor Adams’ NYC is a chaotic mess and deteriorating

To judge from the happy talk coming from City Hall and Albany, these are Gotham’s golden days.

The pols point to sky-high budgets — investments, they call them — as proof they are fighting to make New York better than ever.

To which the public responds: Liars, liars, pants on fire!

New Yorkers, it turns out, see life in the five boroughs as bad and getting worse.

Much worse.

That’s the resounding message from a huge survey of city residents conducted by the private Citizens Budget Commission.

The findings amount to a thumbs-down response to our government overlords by painting a dismal view of the quality of life.

Even allowing for the fact that New Yorkers are renowned world-class complainers, the survey offers almost nothing for elected officials to cheer.

No matter how you slice it, it’s not a pretty picture.

‘Good’ grief

A few highlights, er, lowlights:

Only 30% of respondents rate the quality of life as excellent or good, down from 51% in 2017 and 2008.

Only 24% rate the quality of government services good or excellent, down from 44% in 2017;

Only 11% believe the government is spending tax dollars wisely, down from 21% in 2017.

How low must it go before the political establishment wakes up?

The conclusions are bad enough in the absolute sense, but are even worse in reflecting a sense of continuing decline over time.

A telling example is the response showing New Yorkers feel only marginally safer riding the subway during the day now than they felt on the subway at night in 2017.

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