#AsktheMayor: Congestion Pricing; Specialized High Schools; Feeding Birds & Squirrels

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC, including a push for congestion pricing, diversity at NYC's specialized high schools, police training, his upcoming trip to the AIPAC conference, and listener calls on field trips for seniors and a proposed rule to prohibit feeding birds and squirrels in the parks.

.@BrianLehrer says there was clear split between Manhattan folks (for) and outerboro/burbs folks (against) congestion pricing
“I don't think that’s true at all, remember I come from Brooklyn, there always was a lot of support in my area of Brooklyn,” @NYCMayor
says.

— katie honan (@katie_honan) March 22, 2019

"Every officer who has contact with emotionally disturbed people" will be trained. 11K have been trained, to 16K in 2 years - @NYCMayor #AsktheMayor @WNYC

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) March 22, 2019

On this point that @AIPAC doesn’t invite presidential candidates to speak, which @NYCMayor keeps arguing, they told us yesterday they “have had presidential candidates in actual election years speaking at the conference,” in the past @BrianLehrer

— Gloria Pazmino (@GloriaPazmino) March 22, 2019

Caller Lucia in Manhattan calls with her concerns over proposal to prohibit feeding of squirrels and birds in the parks. #AskTheMayor on @WNYC

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) March 22, 2019