#AskTheMayor: Siting Issues of Jails and Homeless Shelters, Commercial Rent Tax and Anti-Terror Protocol

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 7, 2017

Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York City, takes calls from listeners and discusses the City's siting plans of new homeless shelters and the plan forward to build smaller jails after the closure of Rikers, as well as whether a commercial rent tax relief is on the table for small businesses and how the City responds during global terrorist attacks.

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