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Demsrule86

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4. It can hurt other races...he is a national figure...as for the complaints made about the gym...

Fri Oct 19, 2018, 08:39 AM

Oct 2018

I don't care if he goes to a certain gym...seems kind of unimportant. He put an end to stop and frisk. He has also worked in trying to provide affordable housing in New York...tough to do. I have a link below. As for luxury buildings...that is the real estate industry. I don't see that he can stop that or would want to..taxes should help pay for affordable housing. I would add that in every city even those with Democratic politicians...high real estate prices and gentrification is a problem...California is a great example. I read articles like this one in in the Post all the time...a right wing rag if there ever was one...like they care about affordable housing or homelessness. He is a good mayor in my opinion and eons better than Guiliani or Bloomberg. Recently, I read about the furor over the fact that 10 homeless shelters were opened instead of 20...that is progress. It can't happen over night and the constant carping by some (not you, subject is worth discussing here) hurts the effort.

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/about/press-releases/2017/10/10-24-17.page

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'Fiasco': The short life and ignominious death of de Blasio's national progressive agenda [View all] brooklynite Oct 2018 OP

I like De Blasio and consider this a hit piece against Democrats just before a midterm. Demsrule86 Oct 2018 #1

Tell me, how many supertall luxury apartment towers does NYC need? brooklynite Oct 2018 #2

It can hurt other races...he is a national figure...as for the complaints made about the gym... Demsrule86 Oct 2018 #4

The average voter soesn't Read Politico and probably doesn't know who De Blasio is... brooklynite Oct 2018 #8

That's how it hits me. No balance to the reporting, just slam. Hortensis Oct 2018 #3

The New York post is at it all the time...no matter what De Blasio does...it is not enough...like Demsrule86 Oct 2018 #5

Pathetic hit piece one year before he is termed out and just before midterms. WeekiWater Oct 2018 #6

My sister lives in Queens. she's a dyed in the wool Dem and she things he's a fool. nt Javaman Oct 2018 #7

Hit piece or not, it illustrates that politics and governance is hard. Good intentions FSogol Oct 2018 #9

BETTER BELIEVE IT! MrsCoffee Oct 2018 #10

He seemed to learn his lesson pretty quickly Renew Deal Oct 2018 #11