Mr. Frank Curran:

I agree with that point. If there were one directly elected mayor setting various priorities, that would definitely help and guide policy. However, it goes back to the same issue – how much power do they have? Do they have power and control over affordable housing, the subsidies and the policies, and can they change that? Similarly, on public realm, we get a lot of funding now from the NTA, for instance, for enhancing the public realm and what happens right around the entire city. Does that power and do those functions go to the directly elected mayor who can influence that directly? That remains to be seen.