Ask the Mayor: Criminal Justice, Uber Cap, and Inwood Re-Zoning

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 10, 2018

Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York City, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in WNYC.

Asked about the NYPD’s release of demographic data on who is arrested for fare subway evasion. @NYCMayor says: “We will be putting forward our policy this month.”
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) August 10, 2018

A caller into @BrianLehrer is African-American, lives in Brooklyn. Says "cabs don't pick up African-Americans." Asks @BilldeBlasio how the new Uber cap will impact her ability to get back home.
— Laura Nahmias (@nahmias) August 10, 2018

On @BrianLehrer, Mayor de Blasio provides an extensive discussion of the use of speed bumps and how drivers approach them. He says they are not a good replacement for the speed cameras around schools that have expired via Albany.
— Ben Max (@TweetBenMax) August 10, 2018

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