For years, both parties told New Yorkers there was never enough money for housing, schools, child care, health care, or working people.

Then he came in, inherited a projected $12 billion budget gap, and within months put forward a balanced New York City budget without raising property taxes or making across-the-board cuts to services.

It was not magic. It took savings, new revenue, and support from Albany.

That is why he is becoming a problem for both Republicans and Democrats.

Republicans do not want people believing government can actually work for working people.

And the Democratic establishment does not want people asking why they accepted excuses for so long.

He is forcing people to see that the money was never the only problem. The priorities were.