Posted on 05/06/2020 7:15:57 AM PDT by John W
New York City's new coronavirus cases are dropping, but Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday that he is concerned that the city will have difficulty reopening considering the money that has been lost while being slammed by the disease.
"How are we going to afford to restart our city if right now we are literally out of money?" the mayor said on CNN's "New Day." "(We are) $7.4 billion in the hole because we've lost so much revenue. It's only going to get worse. How do we pay for all the basic services we need, all the people who have been the heroes of the crisis, police, fire, EMTs, health care workers, educators? There's no money."
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After 2008-09 financial crisis, Bloomberg deferred automatic raises to NY City bureacrats and teachers.
As a suck-up to the communists running these organizations, De Blasio attacked Bloomberg as cruel, and at the start of his regime, instituted retro-active pay raises for the past 10 years. This along cost several $ billions and as I understand, NY City is still paying them out!
De Blasio needs to be told to go to hell - immediately.
Good. Leave them closed. ‘eff ‘em all.
The people voted for this idiot, and they’d do it again. Let them all enjoy what it means to have an idiot leftist in charge.
Lot's of city property you can borrow against ????
When fatboy is REALLY hungry...he’ll let go of those demands.
Yup, she’s on her second go round of a huge money infusion for some stupid diversity task force.
I think they should just raise taxes on the people who have continuously voted for the type of government and these leaders.
Worst. Mayor. Ever.
Then don’t restart and tell your voters to vote against Trump in November. Changes nothing. Let’s see how long you can keep people in their houses.
Looks like it's time to get rid of rent control so landlords can raise the rents and increase their tax payments to the city.
Looks like it's time to work with ICE to deport illegal aliens, starting with those who've been receiving taxpayer funds.
Good idea - lots and lots of corrupt liberal elites in New York... let them pay.
Too bad, so sad.
Maybe track down the 850 million in taxpayer dollars that your wife stole.
OK. So what is your point?
The obvious solution is to keep things closed even longer ...</sarcasm>
sanctuary city. we won’t follow fed gov laws but expect fed gov money.
“How are we going to afford to restart our city if right now we are literally out of money?”
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That’s your problem from overspending, figure it out.
amazing the gall some of these politicians exhibit...
any citizen who demanded money from other people would be taken in for Observation, or else simply arrested for panhandling/disturbing the peace
its up to the mayor to balance his books, not innocent people in Georgia or Idaho!
Doesn’t this dolt realize it was his responsibility to plan for a rainy day? This is at his feet and he doesn’t realize it.
>>One of the largest cities in the world and not one financial institution can not loan you the money
Would YOU lend money to deBlasio?
Cuomo's plan to open has 7 steps. The final step is totally unachievable so NY will never open - total loser.
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