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Let me start out that I voted for de Blasio because I liked his anti stop and frisk campaign. Of course he won't actually stop and frisk, its being reformed and he hired Bill Bratton . Fine.
But I think de Blasio wrote far too many checks in his campaign. Its the tale of two cities, he says, and he's going to create all this affordable housing for the poor and low income.
There's just a problem. How is the rent going to be paid for in this low income housing?
With the exception of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid all government programs are undergoing BIG cuts. Congress let the unemployment extensions expire and the word on Capitol Hill is that the House will not approve any extension of unemployment. On, and funding for Section 8 will undergo another round of sequestration cuts.
De Blasio knows all this, he's not dumb. He'll have a convenient excuse on why he was not able to expand "affordable" housing. Its basically because the feds won't fund it. Cuomo, a conservative Democrat, has ambitions for his political future so raising NYS taxes is out of the question.
Oh, on top of all the government cuts, the unions want raises with retroactive pay. Could the city even afford to give out any tax incentives to stimulate the construction of all this "affordable" housing?
I think de Blasio played a city that was disgusted with Bloomberg's 3 term and he played it well. But with all those promises and those hoping that he's some great liberal hope, let's just say I think many will be sorely disappointed.
He's a politician. He speaks out of both sides of his mouth and says what he has to say to get elected. And so did Lhota. And so would Quinn or whoever else got the nod.
So yes, he's full of crap... but he may do some good, and it's too soon to tell.
Was he elected because the city wanted the anti-Bloomberg? Yes. But Giuliani was elected because the city wanted the anti-Dinkins. Here's hoping that BDB is nowhere near either extreme.
I think in one of his speeches he proposed to tap into the union pension funds to "invest" in affordable housing. Of course the unions were not amused.
Did DeBlasio say he would see to it that all that affordable housing would be "built" or that it would be "created"? There is a difference. There are near market rate apartments now that are rent stabilized--and are technically considered "affordable housing".
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