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PIKER: "Yeah, budget is balanced. He’s one of the best mayors that New York has had. It's just — every time I come here, if feels like I'm entering an alternative universe where, like, things are working somehow. It’s ridiculous. Like, we’re watching from afar a totally different reality in New York City, totally different vibes. Why can’t we have that? And once people start asking that question, once people start believing that the government can help and the government should help, once they have more confidence in good governance, and once they associate that confidence with democratic socialism, socialism, communism, all of a sudden people are gonna want that.”