NYC had Republican pro development mayors for 20 straight years
Yes, but the lower levels of city government were all Democrats. It’s kind of like the Reagan presidency. He always had to make deals with Tip O’Neil and the Democrats to get things done.
Well, that’s true. But I’m also curious about why he gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Clinton Family Syndicate. I get the Cuomos to a certain extent, as well as the little fiefdoms in NYC local government, if the argument is only about the nebulous “getting things done”; what exactly, however, is he scared of from a single US Senator and her ex-president husband...especially two years out of their last term, as was the case in 2010? And if he’s that scared of them at the end of the day, why not simply make a call to the local US Attorney and give them a heads up? After all, a “master negotiator” like himself shouldn’t have any problem convincing law enforcement that he’s getting the shakedown...
Unless, of course, he’s willingly giving the money because he’s actually pretty tight with them. I don’t know about you, but I know which side I’m on.