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Ask the Mayor: Family Separation, Parking Placard Abuse + More
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.
The mayor talks about his frustration with the lack of information from the federal government regarding the children separated from their families at the border and brought to the city, the potential expansion of Citi Bike and dockless bikes, peeling paint from subway stations, NYCHA not in compliance with federal standards, the expiration of speed cameras in school zones, and placard abuse (says a new plan will be out soon).
On the uncertainty re: whether children separated from their parents at the border who wound up in NYC have been re-united w/their families, @NYCMayor says "what's still shocking to me is we can't get the federal government to give us answers...it's really unprecedented."
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 27, 2018@NYCMayor says once the problem of lead paint in NYCHA housing became clear, his administration acted on it + owned it.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 27, 2018On the expiration of speed cameras in school zones, @NYCMayor says "there needs to be furor about this."
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 27, 2018On placard abuse, @NYCMayor says city is issuing more tickets for illegal use of placards. "I want to keep encouraging people to report placard abuse - it helps." But he says the new plan will be more aggressive, and it'll be out soon.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 27, 2018