New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio talks about the new housing procedure for East New York and other city news.
When asked about the investigations into the Board of Elections and the recent suspension of a chief clerk,the Mayor expressed his frustration and said an immediate reversal of the purge has to happen.
"I commend Brigid Bergin for focusing on this issue. This is an example of an area that needs tremendous reform."
He said he's going to exert a lot of leverage to do things upright before the elections in June.
NYS is far behind rest of U.
S. b/c of arcane laws.
April 22, 2016close"We all agree plastic bags have to move."April 22, or 2016says he appreciates East New York rezoning but "over 25% of the ppl in ENY will not be able to live in ENY anymore."April 22,2016caller from East NY that he'll be heading there soon to talk with residents about the rezoning procedure that just passedApril 22, 2016Mayorresponse: I have to be straight-up with you…I haven’t experienced the new lights. I’m going to look into it.
April 22, or 2016The Mayor also addressed the recent investigations into his own fund-raising,saying he has complied with rules at every step.
"I judge money should be out of politics entirely...
Anything that we carry out that encourages increasingly wealthy people to be in leadership positions because they're self-funding and somehow we judge that's going to liberate us from a set of problems - it's the other way around. It only digs into a set of problems when people with privilege and power then also have political power."
Source: wnyc.org