Mayoral Candidates Response to Median House Cost in Brooklyn (price, assess)

[Trisky]

If you want to see just how out of touch some of these mayoral candidates are, here are their responses when asked by Mara Gay of the NYT what they thought they median price of a house in Brooklyn is.

If I don't laugh, I'll cry.

[IForgotMyOldAccount]

hmm that can't be right
prob a smear campaign

no one in NYC is that dumb

[Trisky]

Originally Posted by IForgotMyOldAccount

hmm that can't be right
prob a smear campaign

no one in NYC is that dumb

Oh no it is very real. Here's the NY Times article about it. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/n...lyn-mayor.html

[elnrgby]

Well, Yang got it exactly right :-). Obviously the only person on the list with adequate training/experience in answering quiz questions. Btw, my own guess would have been $995k.

[Palpable]

Ray McGuire's guess is the funniest because he's a Citi executive

[gothamboy217]

Donovan’s is the worst considering he led NY Department of Housing during Bloomberg’s tenure, and was the HUD secretary for five years during Obama’s term. How can you be so out of touch with that level of governing experience speaks volumes.

[OyCrumbler]

Any chance to backpedal and add a digit?

[prospectheightsresident]

Donovan and McGuire are fools.

[scampy25]

Originally Posted by gothamboy217

Donovan’s is the worst considering he led NY Department of Housing during Bloomberg’s tenure, and was the HUD secretary for five years during Obama’s term. How can you be so out of touch with that level of governing experience speaks volumes.

Well said. Sadly, not surprising.

[Trisky]

Originally Posted by OyCrumbler

Any chance to backpedal and add a digit?

Donovan tried to backpedal by having a staffer email hours later and saying he thought they were asking about a home's assessed value.

Liar, liar.