Kaiser Wilhelm is perfect for him.
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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Oh goody... raise the taxes you moron, and MORE people will leave.
You’re probably right. He looks enough like the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man that he likely IS the destructor.
The big black ZIL limousines that once carried Soviet officials in lonely splendor through the streets of Moscow also belonged to "The State". "This Dacha? Oh, it's not really mine, Tovarisch. No reason to envy it or the services of my lovely secretary, Ludmilla." Some of us had opportunity to visit and observe the USSR before the collapse. Let's just say we've seen how De Blasio's schtick turns out.
I just read an article the other day saying how garbage is starting pile up all over the city.
You cannot make this crap up. Oh, wait...you don’t NEED to make it up. You can just look at Lefist management of big cities for the past 60 years, and simply copy it.
Much needed LOL!!
Dems are doing the best job ever of forfeiting an election.
Nobody could come up with the ideas they’ve done themselves.
“...an uptick in crime...”
130%+
LMAO!
So they kill the golden goose and now surprised they won’t be coming back?
Liberalism is a mental disorder.
Uh, he’ll expect the taxpayers to continue to foot the bill for a custom gas limo with driver and protection detail.
Reminds me of then-MA gov Mike Dukakis (2nd time around).
The narrative was that Dukakis commuted by “mass transit” from home to the state house and back.
Back when cell phones were rare, and it wasn’t yet illegal to listen in, a Boston columnist had a transcript of Dukakoids finalizing the details for a Dukakis appearance in Boston.
They wanted to make it look like Dukakis walked from the state house to the appearance, so they arranged to have Dukakis dropped off a block or two away so he could briskly stride into the event.
I wish I lived in NYC just so I could move out!
“ He will never buy a car again...GOOD....can’t wait to see him BIKING in the RAIN and SNOW!!”
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Of course not. He doesn’t need to buy a car when he chauffeured about in a bullet proof Suburban with another in the lead and another in the rear. A nice tight convoy for his majesty. Sarc/
Perhaps De Blasio desires everybody in NYC to share the subway and public transportation experience...
He said he “Would never buy a car again.” No doubt the limos will be leased.
Agree.
The whole NY government is a special kind of stupid. It takes a lot of work to be this dumb and ignorant.
Thank You FRiend!
Andrew Pollack
@AndrewPollackFL
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New York City in July:
Murders up 59%
Shootings up 177%
Burglaries up 31%
Auto thefts up 53%
What is the response from New York’s wack job of an attorney general?
Dissolve the NRA!
“...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....”
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Since April 1 is the official “where do you live on date”, New York City should have an even bigger census loss than would have otherwise been found.
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