Posted on 04/17/2020 2:39:25 PM PDT by lowbridge
Mayor Bill de Blasio rolled out a proposed budget Thursday that shaved $6 billion from his initial request and begged the feds for a $7.4 billion injection of aid, linking New York’s recovery from the coronavirus to any national rebound.
“Everyone wants a restart, everyone wants our economy to recover,” de Blasio said. “But, there has to be a really clear understanding, if we can’t provide the basics for our people then you can kiss the recovery goodbye.”
He added: “If we are not strong, if our people are not safe, then this nation cannot recover.”
De Blasio, who is operating under a current budget of $92.8 billion, introduced an $89.3 billion revised budget proposal that shuts down the city’s public pools and axes other beloved summer programs.
The city budget has skyrocketed by more than 26 percent in six years under de Blasio, up from $72 billion in 2014.
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I guess the other 56 states will just recover without New York.
desperation from De Basio and Cuomo today on federal bailout money... they know they won’t get one dime.
they are going to have to open up soon ... after this chinese virus episode is over, I exepct big mass exodus of out of NY.
I’m in charge!
Can I have some money? I blew all mine.
Ask your “wife” for it
NO.
When I toured Manhattan in 2019, the same thing occurred to me. A huge percentage of the jobs there these days are people sitting at computers. Those jobs could easily be done in a lot of other places a lot cheaper.
“The world revolves around me”, he stated, to further clarify his remarks.
It’s always about more money.
Bill should ask CA for a loan.
With a fake name.
Let the citizens of New York pay.
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Liberals always want someone else to pay.
He already did when he moved to Florida.
I think Cuomo and Trump were going back and forth today too.
WELL BYE!
Is it a recovery if the Government has to give you money?
It’s a moot point because there will be little chance of any recovery until De Blowhard is voted out of office.
A lying extortionist POS.
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My first reaction to this story was: this is extortion.
When I toured Manhattan in 2019, the same thing occurred to me. A huge percentage of the jobs there these days are people sitting at computers. Those jobs could easily be done in a lot of other places a lot cheaper.
Good point. If there’s not a need to physically be in that location, why absorb the high costs of doing business in New York?
How many people have unique New York jobs? Stockbrokers on Wall Street? People who work in advertising and publishing have a big presence in NY. But do they have to physically have their offices there, for the actual work they do?
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