'Last Days of New York' author blames de Blasio, liberal policies for city's decline: 'It's a grim picture'

Seth Barron, a reporter and editor in New York City, who has covered the area for more than a decade, outlined what he said is the city's decline under Mayor Bill de Blasio in his new book.

"He’s been in charge and he pushed the narrative of the tale of two cities and class division and racial division," Barron told host Brian Kilmeade.  "So in a sense, yeah, it is his fault though he has had a lot of help. … There is a lot of socialists and progressives who have had his back and have been completely behind his terrible policies," he continued.  Barron's book, "The Last Days of New York: A Reporter's True Tale," "is a history of New York City from its recovery from the recession of 2008-2009 through the triple disaster of the pandemic, civil unrest, and collapse in revenue of 2020," according to its description, which also noted that de Blasio "is presented as the instrument of decline."