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NYC Mayor de Blasio: City Can't Afford Restart Without Federal Money
Newsmax ^ | May 6, 2020 | Newsmax

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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; deblasio; giantsuckingsound
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To: John W

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.


21 posted on 05/06/2020 7:24:58 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: John W

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.


22 posted on 05/06/2020 7:25:03 AM PDT by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
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To: John W
One of the largest cities in the world and not one financial institution can not loan you the money ?

Lot's of city property you can borrow against ????

23 posted on 05/06/2020 7:26:32 AM PDT by Popman
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To: brownsfan

When fatboy is REALLY hungry...he’ll let go of those demands.


24 posted on 05/06/2020 7:27:39 AM PDT by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: txrefugee

Yup, she’s on her second go round of a huge money infusion for some stupid diversity task force.


25 posted on 05/06/2020 7:28:07 AM PDT by surrey
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To: John W

I think they should just raise taxes on the people who have continuously voted for the type of government and these leaders.


26 posted on 05/06/2020 7:29:17 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: John W
de Blasio:

Worst. Mayor. Ever.

27 posted on 05/06/2020 7:31:46 AM PDT by GOPJ (Was misery & death worth the four bucks saved on the crappy waffle-iron 'made in China?)
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To: John W

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.


28 posted on 05/06/2020 7:32:31 AM PDT by wiseprince
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To: John W
Looks like it's time to sell Central Park to developers.

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.

29 posted on 05/06/2020 7:32:40 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits (The Flugaloo has begun.)
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment

Good idea - lots and lots of corrupt liberal elites in New York... let them pay.


30 posted on 05/06/2020 7:33:27 AM PDT by GOPJ (Was misery & death worth the four bucks saved on the crappy waffle-iron 'made in China?)
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To: John W

Too bad, so sad.


31 posted on 05/06/2020 7:33:39 AM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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To: John W

Maybe track down the 850 million in taxpayer dollars that your wife stole.


32 posted on 05/06/2020 7:33:55 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: John W

OK. So what is your point?


33 posted on 05/06/2020 7:36:18 AM PDT by Tuketu (The i(D)iot Platform is splinters bound by crazy glue. TRUMP is the solvent.)
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To: John W

The obvious solution is to keep things closed even longer ...</sarcasm>


34 posted on 05/06/2020 7:36:33 AM PDT by qwerty1234
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To: John W

sanctuary city. we won’t follow fed gov laws but expect fed gov money.


35 posted on 05/06/2020 7:36:54 AM PDT by wny
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To: John W

“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.


36 posted on 05/06/2020 7:37:05 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: John W

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!


37 posted on 05/06/2020 7:37:11 AM PDT by faithhopecharity (Politicians are not born, theyÂ’re excreted. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: John W

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.


38 posted on 05/06/2020 7:37:43 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: Popman

>>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?


39 posted on 05/06/2020 7:39:21 AM PDT by qwerty1234
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To: qwerty1234
The obvious solution is to keep things closed even longer ...

Cuomo's plan to open has 7 steps. The final step is totally unachievable so NY will never open - total loser.

40 posted on 05/06/2020 7:39:26 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (#openupstateny)
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