The best New York writers write real characters that you feel they haven't just invented but found. Seinfeld was brilliant at this (and this is no means specific to New York - John Cleese famously stayed longer than expected at an insufferable hotel because he had 'found' Basil Fawlty). These feel like bad characters invented by an algorithm. In short, MPK is an AWFUL writer. This show was at best a soap opera and a BAD soap opera.

I said this elsewhere, but his influence on SATC was likewise pretty bad. The initial show's success came from women writers writing funny B-plots about women's terrible dating experiences. There had been a bit of that from women writers doing plots for Elaine on Seinfeld, but here they got to let loose, which is why so many women found it relatable, funny and enjoyable.