Are the Stones associating NYC with destruction and maggots?

I’ve lived outside NYC in their “summer playground” most of my life. It took me a long time trying to understand before it all started to click.

 

Los Angeles, London, New York. 

 

When I was little, my aunt had this record and I was fascinated the Stones were dressed as women on the cover. 

 

https://youtu.be/5IvxpNTNmzs