Burnishing his progressive credentials, Mayor Bill de Blasio portrayed himself as a protector of the working class on Thursday - while proposing a redistribution of wealth - in his sixth State of the City address.
"Brothers and sisters, there's plenty of money in the world. There's plenty of money in this city. It's just in the wrong hands," said de Blasio, who owns two homes and collects $258,750 a year as mayor.
"I thought there was something a little contradictory when he talks about having a city with a whole lot of money where workers don't get their fair share and how we're going to start to be more fair and more equitable," Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. said.
"The irony there is that you're giving $3 billion away to Amazon ," Diaz continued, adding that he supports the online retail giant's plans to build a headquarters in Long Island City, Queens, but not the financial incentives offered to it.
It was one of many mayoral ideas that recycled existing programs or proposals de Blasio couldn't push through during his first five years at City Hall.
The plan stalled three years ago due to federal rule changes, but the city is taking another stab at it now that Oregon got one up and running and Seattle is moving in that direction, city officials said.
The mayor, whose own eye has shifted outside New York as he seeks to raise his national profile, plugged his previously announced plan to expand the city's MetroPlus public health care system as proof that New York is a progressive bastion battling a regressive national current.
https://nypost.com/2019/01/10/de-blasio-theres-plenty-of-money-in-nyc-its-just-in-the-wrong-hands/
"Brothers and sisters, there's plenty of money in the world. There's plenty of money in this city. It's just in the wrong hands," said de Blasio, who owns two homes and collects $258,750 a year as mayor.
"I thought there was something a little contradictory when he talks about having a city with a whole lot of money where workers don't get their fair share and how we're going to start to be more fair and more equitable," Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. said.
"The irony there is that you're giving $3 billion away to Amazon ," Diaz continued, adding that he supports the online retail giant's plans to build a headquarters in Long Island City, Queens, but not the financial incentives offered to it.
It was one of many mayoral ideas that recycled existing programs or proposals de Blasio couldn't push through during his first five years at City Hall.
The plan stalled three years ago due to federal rule changes, but the city is taking another stab at it now that Oregon got one up and running and Seattle is moving in that direction, city officials said.
The mayor, whose own eye has shifted outside New York as he seeks to raise his national profile, plugged his previously announced plan to expand the city's MetroPlus public health care system as proof that New York is a progressive bastion battling a regressive national current.
https://nypost.com/2019/01/10/de-blasio-theres-plenty-of-money-in-nyc-its-just-in-the-wrong-hands/
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