Posted on 08/07/2020 8:29:45 AM PDT by lowbridge
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday suggested that Gov. Andrew Cuomo was wrong to call on wealthy New Yorkers to return to the city amid the coronavirus pandemic and an uptick in crime.
The Democrat also threatened to tax the wealthy even further if the federal government does not do more to assist the city, which is facing the worst financial crisis in decades.
Thousands of apartments were vacated as the wealthy fled the city during the pandemic to seek refuge in places such as the Hamptons and Connecticut.
De Blasio said the city was tracking those who'd left. He acknowledged the recent uptick in crime, but said it was “directly related to coronavirus.”
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“There's a lot of New Yorkers who are wealthy who are true believers in New York City and will stand and fight with us, and some may be fair-weathered friends, but they will be replaced by others,” the mayor continued.
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De Blasio, for his part, has pushed for more taxes on the wealthy. “We must build our policies around working people,” he said. “If the federal government fails us we should immediately return to Albany to the discussion put a tax on wealthy New Yorkers.”
“While everyone else is suffering, you see stock markets rising, the rich getting richer. Wealthy New Yorkers, they can pay a bit more so can get through this crisis,” de Blasio continued.
De Blasio during his press conference also advised New Yorkers against buying a car. “My advice to New Yorkers is don’t buy a car, cars are the past, future is mass transit, biking, hiking,” the mayor said. “Going forward I will never buy a car again.”
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BEST.....CIRCULAR.....FIRING......SQUAD......EVER!!
You dumbass New Yorkers that VOTED for this MORON are getting what you deserve!
Wilhelmina is a commie, so he doesn’t give a Shiite about NYC.
Wow. Two left-wing Democrats trying to out-stupid each other.
Come on Bill!
Open up the gulags and start throwing people into them!
You know you want to!
What did the progressives have prior to candles?
Electricity!
He won’t be biking in the rain and snow; he’ll be riding in a taxpayer-funded limo.
I am willing to bet he gets elected again.
Shut up Kaiser Wilhelm.
What a kook, will he ride his bike up to Albany? Will he give up taking a suburban to his daily gym?
cars? NO. the money now goes to the co-Mayor.
no more rents, either.
the money now goes to the co-Mayor.
[New Yorkers must be stupid, stupid, stupid,
to tolerate Wilhelm and his stealing wife.]
Correction: Leading us forward to the time before the Flood. History repeats!
This is an interesting way to play Russian Roulette- five bullets in the chamber and one empty.
Here are three things Cuomo can do to get some of those rich folks back and possibly save Manhattan - he better do these things by the end of August, it will be too late after that.
1. Paint over every single one of those disgraceful illegal “Black Lives Matter Murals”.
2. Bring in the State Police and let it be known that anyone blocking traffic, looting or harassing law-abiding citizens will be shot dead on sight. Clear all homeless and drug addicts from the streets.
3. People love historical re-enactments in the Summer. It would be great fun to re-enact the end of Mussolini’s reign with Bill DiBlasio. (Just a harmless re-enactment for historical enlightenment, of course.)
Then stop using your convoy of suv's immediately and use mass transit or bicycles, but of course he is too important.
And he’ll say well it’s not “his” vehicle.
And they will beg for federal bailouts.
I think he is right - liberal New York billionaires should be taxed more.
What happens when New York becomes Detroit?
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