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#AskTheMayor About Amazon and Affordable Housing
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC including the impact of the Trump administration's tax plan on New Yorkers, and how to preserve affordable housing and still make way for Amazon in Long Island City.
"The whole Trump tax plan will be repealed, it has to be," because it favors the wealthy, says @NYCMayor.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 8, 2019"Taxes are too low on millionaires and billionaires. And have been too low for decades," @NYCMayor tells @BrianLehrer
— Brigid Bergin (@brigidbergin) February 8, 2019"$300 million more is in the budget because we’ve added to Special Education," says @NYCMayor on today's #AskTheMayor.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 8, 2019"When we say ‘homeless,’ these are our neighbors... folks who, often times, just the bottom fell out of their household budget. But that doesn't mean they can’t get back on their feet quickly with our help. And that means being in your home borough whenever possible," @NYCMayor.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 8, 2019"We cannot act like all of the things that have strengthened us don’t come with other consequences.... you can’t achieve those things if you’re not authorizing development with really clear ground rules and really clear targets for affordability," says @NYCMayor.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 8, 2019Prepping for a Public Advocate forum he will host tonight, @BrianLehrer asks former PA @NYCMayor about affordable housing and whether he was able to accomplish more in terms of policy or through ombudsman role
BdB says policy like worst landlord list.