New York Magazine this week dubbed our town “Habibi City” to mark the rising prominence of Middle Easterners and Muslim immigrants united by fun, frolic — and a consuming hatred of Israel and Jews. It’s a familiar formulation, harking back to 1966, when newly elected Mayor John Lindsay declared New York to be “Fun City.” Yes, such fun! Lindsay’s two terms drove NYC into civil and budgetary collapse. A crime tsunami rotted neighborhoods across the five boroughs, and feckless budgetary policies emptied the city’s coffers. And the population of Lindsay’s “Fun City” declined by half a million people. Facing a government...