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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I call that Progressive Roulette.
“future is mass transit” so much for their beloved “social
distancing” Let’s cram everyone into a tiny space - (face palm)
That would be fun!
Doesn’t the office of Mayor for NYC have term limits? And when does DeBlasio get to be removed, hopefully by force and without any escort once outside of the building, by those men in blue of NYC from his office?
I do not see how that could be. The amount of people actually LIVING in Manhattan is got to be down by 20% or more.
I have heard the 500K number tossed around.
This does not include the amount of tourists that ARE NOT going to NYC this summer. No one is going to Yankees games, Broadway shows, the Statue of Liberty, Madison Square Garden, Ground Zero and all the restaurants, bars, hotels. The sales tax revenue alone must be millions lowers than last year.
When they show Times Square or 6th Ave in Manhattan on Fox Business, there is NO ONE there in the middle of the work day. I actually feel bad for the common working class guy. The guy that owns the bagel cart, hot dog vendors. Salt of the earth types.
But, trash collectors in NYC are TEAMSTER UNION SKUM BAGS.
F them.
He’s in second term. Unless he pulls a Bloomberg. Ugh.
I am with you.
Talk about killing the goose that laid the golden eggs, then Cuomo and DiBlasio began smashing the eggs...
Yes. That was a “mostly peaceful” protest too.
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