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#AskTheMayor: Mother Cabrini, 14th Street, Trees and Sidewalks, Rikers News, Vision Zero, NY Post
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.
On @BrianLehrer talking Mother Cabrini ~controversy~, BdB says he's frustrated by constant outrage police & lack of attention on underlying issues, like women being honored with statues. And he won't take the bait on Cuomo swooping in to say he's going to chisel a Cabrini statue.
— Ben Max (@TweetBenMax) October 18, 2019Mayor, who said at the start of the hour that our civil discourse was caught in an "endless loop of 'why is this person affronted,'" is affronted over @BrianLehrer's questions about Rikers
— Kate Hinds (@katehinds) October 18, 2019Winston, who used to call into @BrianLehrer from Rikers, is now out and says he's happy to have more time to speak with @NYCMayor
— katie honan (@katie_honan) October 18, 2019