#AskTheMayor: Gang Databases, Homelessness, Jersey City Shooting

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.

Admitting he’s unfamiliar w the details of how the NYPD gang database works, de Blasio tells @BrianLehrer the database is a central & effective crime-fighting tool. Says always reevaluating, open to reform, & he’ll be able to speak more about the details next time on WNYC.

— Ben Max (@TweetBenMax) December 13, 2019

.@NYCMayor's issue is with 1,000 apartments per year part of the headline.

"The basic concept is a 15% set-aside in new construction"

— katie honan (@katie_honan) December 13, 2019

An Orthodox Jewish man named Joel calls @NYCMayor out on the @BrianLehrer Show for not having any Orthodox Jewish people on any of his appointed committees

— Sydney Kashiwagi (@SydneyKashiwagi) December 13, 2019