Best Seen And Not Heard

The mayor’s approval rating inches up slightly in a third poll as the administration discovers that almost half of of voters will approve of your job, provided you stay out of the spotlight:

But the survey, released Monday, underscores the gap between the soaring expectations Mr. de Blasio, a Democrat, set coming into office and the day-to-day ability of a municipal official to combat the forces of social inequality, which the mayor has declared as the overarching aim of his administration.

Fully half of respondents said they disapproved of Mr. de Blasio’s efforts to address income inequality, and 52 percent said they were dissatisfied with his work on making it easier for New Yorkers to find affordable housing, another major priority for his mayoralty.