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“I can’t stop,” Ryan Chester said, seated in a window of the Wrigley Building, the south side of the Chicago Riverwalk stretching out before him, scattered with tourists and workers on lunch breaks. “I really can’t,” he said again. He’d already put in so much. He’d already drawn 5.5 miles of the Chicago River and the buildings looming beyond its banks, sketching by hand — drawing one foot of ...

“I can’t stop,” Ryan Chester said, seated in a window of the Wrigley Building, the south side of the Chicago Riverwalk stretching out before him, scattered with tourists and workers on lunch breaks. “I really can’t,” he said again. He’d already put in so much. He’d already drawn 5.5. miles of the Chicago River and the buildings looming beyond its banks, sketching by hand — drawing one foot of ...

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Every mayor tries to make his own mark on New York — in part by showing how he differs from his immediate predecessor, in part by choosing themes and programs that he can call his own. We have seen this pattern play out since the first term of the first “Mayor Swagger,” Ed Koch. As leaders who have created our own initiatives and developed our own programs, we’ve learned to operate with a combination of thick skin, a sense of humor, and a willingness to confront every mayor when they either ignore the successes of others or make claims that simply don’t reflect reality.