#AskTheMayor: Immigration, Evictions and Negotiating with Trump
Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York City, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC including the immigration deal, anti-eviction programs and negotiating with President Trump and Gov. Cuomo over funding for the city.Â
"I think it's a misunderstanding of Donald Trump that you should be fearful of him...I think the only thing he understands is force and resoluteness," -@BilldeBlasio tells @BrianLehrer his Trump philosophy
— Ben Max (@TweetBenMax) January 26, 2018
"I really need your help, Mr. Mayor," a woman calls into @BrianLehrer — she's facing eviction. "I'm a poor person... I really need somebody from your office to look into this matter."
— Laura Nahmias (@nahmias) January 26, 2018
"That money should go to the most fundamental experience that strap-hangers have," says @NYCMayor and adds that the state should return the funds that it diverted from the @MTA and spend it on addressing signal delays
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) January 26, 2018
"What he says happened did not happen, period.... he did this to save his own skin," says @NYCMayor on Harendra Singh, donor who pleaded guilty to bribery
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) January 26, 2018
"He agreed to certain charges for his own self-preservation," BdB says of donor who pleaded guilty to bribery in attempts to win favor from the mayor's office, when asked by @BrianLehrer
— Ben Max (@TweetBenMax) January 26, 2018
