#AskTheMayor: State Budget Deadline
Bill de Blasio, New York City Mayor, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC, including his priorities ahead of the April 1st deadline of the state budget.
Text the word DELAY to 52886 if you want to pass the plan that @NYCMayor put forward on congestion pricing.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) March 29, 2019
"There's a lot of money flowing around and it's not being taxed at a high enough level," @NYCMayor tells @BrianLehrer on the pied-à-terre tax. https://t.co/JZpxOZQsMF
— Jeff Mays (@JeffCMays) March 29, 2019
In the future, @NYCMayor hopes "a single swipe will get you from ferry, to bus, to subway, whatever the combination, and I think that will lead to ferry usage year around. There’s one road that’s never full, and it’s the waterways."
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) March 29, 2019
"I believe we need to ban plastic bags across the board, I believe we need to plan plastic straws… we have to get away from petroleum based products. For folks who need help with [reusable bags] financially, we have to build in moving forward," says @NYCMayor.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) March 29, 2019
"Since you have time to meet with people in South Carolina..." student caller to @BrianLehrer says to Mayor, asking for mgt w young people pushing for school desegregation. BdB says he has desegregation plan & Equity & Excellence plan that doesn't get enough attention.
— Ben Max (@TweetBenMax) March 29, 2019
"These are dehumanizing comments and absolutely unacceptable, Councilman Yeger should apologize right away," says @NYCMayor on the Councilman's comment that "Palestine does not exist."
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) March 29, 2019
