Social engineering using taxation. Bloomy has one term to socialize as much of NYC as possible before the voters toss him on his arse. So "smoke 'em if ya got 'em" is being changed to "smoke 'em if you can afford 'em". And it doesn't seem like he's worried about losing a few thousand small business to the burbs. He'll be out of office long before the tax money runs out.
Pity. Just like here in Maine. Governor King, Independent, is leaving in January. Running tail back to VA after he spent "8" years running Maine's budget into the ground.
Well, Bloomingidiot is going to leave the New Yorkers feeling like this: