For DU New Yorkers: do you remember "Ford to city: drop dead"?

[CTyankee]

It was the headline in the NY Daily News (a tabloid) when Pres. Ford refused to help bail out NYC during its financial crisis.

What are your memories of that:

[PoliticAverse]

1. Some say it cost him the Presidential election. I thought he made the right decision...

(I lived in NYC at the time). New York City ultimately worked with the government of the State of New York and a plan was arranged so no federal bailout was necessary.

Ford never actually said "drop dead" (see: https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/28/nyregion/28veto.html )

[CTyankee]

2. There was and is a lot of prejudice against New York across the country. Some think it

is jealousy and I think it is that and also the NYC bluster. I remember my first encounter with the NYC subway

My son and his family live on the LES and love it. He is a prosecutor in the office of the Brooklyn DA.

[Ron Obvious]

3. Stocks Skid, Dow Down 12

Goodness me! Sell everything!