FRANCISCO S. TATAD
NEW YORK: I did not have the heart to say it, until my South Asian cab driver complained of the “potholes on the road.” It has not always been like this, he said, and at once he became nostalgic about the time Rudy Giuliani, 74, now a lawyer for the embattled President Donald Trump, was mayor of New York City (1994-2001). He cleaned up the city, not only of crime but of its dirt as well, he said. New York remains the world’s most important city, but it has gone through so much wear and tear; when it drizzles, it looks like a First World city enduring Third World woes.