mw13 ,
For sure, he is playing 4D chess. He only acts in a way that makes you suspect him of being a double agent for the conservatives because you think it makes the liberals look bad. This allows him to implement all the liberal policies However, the truth is he doesn’t care if he is hated. He truly believes in the liberal policies.
He delivered universal pre-K and expanded paid sick leave, reduced stop-and-frisk policing, and oversaw the city’s $15 minimum wage hike.
He repealed a requirement that mohel’s inform parents of the risks of metzitzah b’peh and he is closing Riker’s island.
The clincher that he is playing chess is that he has a strained and combative relationship with NYPD during the looting and protests against police brutality.