De Blasio on Cuomo Bullying Allegations: 'That's Classic Andrew Cuomo'

[Polybius]

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Source: NBC NY

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio didn't mince words Thursday morning when asked about allegations that Gov. Andrew Cuomo threatened a Queens assemblyman, saying he believed the charges "100 percent."

Ron Kim says he was yelled at and threatened by Cuomo after criticizing his handling of COVID-19 deaths at nursing homes – which is now being looked into by federal authorities.

"It's a sad thing to say ... but that's classic Andrew Cuomo. A lot of people in New York state have received those phone calls. The bullying is nothing new. I believe Ron Kim and it's very, very sad, no public servant no person who's telling the truth should be treated that way. The threats, the belittling, the demand that someone change their statement right that moment ... many many times I've heard that and I know a lot of other people in this state have heard that," De Blasio said in an MSNBC interview.

"It's just the script, it's exactly what a lot of us have heard before. It's not a surprise, it's sad. It's not the way people should be treated," De Blasio said.

Read more: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/de-blasio-on-cuomo-bullying-allegations-thats-classic-andrew-cuomo/2895771/

[Thekaspervote]

1. DeBasio...I'll believe cuomo any day over that guy!

[mobeau69]

3. It's not just the Mayor is it? Nt

[Polybius]

4. The two have a lot of beef

Every time the Mayor tried to do something about Covid, Cuomo had something to say about, and usually reversed it. I might agree with Cuomo more, but the Mayor is a wonderful human being, that much I know for a fact.

[mobeau69]

2. Dem v. Dem(s); what are the rules on DU?

[Polybius]

5. Well, since neither of them are on DU, I guess they can't get banned

[mobeau69]

6. How do you know that? Nt

[Polybius]

8. Ahh, good point!

Hey Mr. Mayor, if you are reading this I still support you!

[blm]

7. Cuomo's style sounds like Lyndon Johnson's style.

[wnylib]

9. I'm upset by the whole business.

Accusations flying all over the place. Election for governor is in 2022. The GQP throughout the state are circling like sharks with a taste of blood. The thought of having any one of them as governor is scary.

Whatever happens with Cuomo, we cannot let one of those traitor scum take the state.

[Polybius]

10. Kathy Hochul is the Lt. Gov.

She's popular and would take over if he resigns.

[wnylib]

11. But will she run for governor in 2022?

If she does, we can be sure that the Q party will try to discredit her as a close Cuomo associate.

[XanaDUer2]

12. Deblasio furious about closing over Covid

staff are scared. DeBlasio was nasty.

https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2020/03/17/de-blasio-was-furious-as-library-heads-planned-to-close-for-coronavirus-1267580


Mayor Bill de Blasio was so intent on keeping city libraries open during the coronavirus outbreak that he went as far as making veiled threats about cutting their funding if they closed, according to multiple people familiar with the conversations.

During some of those calls, he reminded library officials of his enormous power over their annual budgets, in what was interpreted as a threat to cut funding if they did not abide by his wishes, several people said.

Meanwhile librarians took to Twitter to openly complain they were expected to work last week, as the city was intensifying its warnings about avoiding crowded places as local cases of the virus multiplied.

“Mayor DeBlasio TELLING PEOPLE TO GO TO THE LIBRARY is straight up reckless, holyshit,” Brooklyn librarian Rita Meade tweeted Saturday afternoon.

[oldsoftie]

13. I said long ago that this nursing home fiasco needed more coverage.

It was the dumbest decision i've ever heard. And now to hear that the reason for it was so trump wouldnt criticize is just as bad.
Cuomo needs to go. He's trump lite with his mob-style threats to people

[Omaha Steve]

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