A shining counter-example to this article's core argument is the city of SF. They release tons-and-tons of data in hopes more people make cool new apps with it in ways they didn't think of. http://sfpark.org/how-it-works/open-data-page/ https://data.sfgov.org/

In general though, NYC especially appears to leading an ultimately bankrupt, economically-ignorant policy of pandering to monopolies. Killing innovation hurts the economy and makes cities like NY less desirable. Disruption is competition, and these monopolies better adapt or die.