Friday, April 14, 2017

Bill De Blasio Friday on WNYC Radio: No Criticism for Cuomo's Tuition Plan

New York City mayor Bill De Blasio, today on the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC, is uncritical of NY governor Andrew Cuomo's very limited free tuition proposal. But he's supporting the standing off girl statue, and recognizing that the charging bull represents unrestrained Wall Street. 
 
Cuomo's "free" tuition policy is so limiting that even moderate columnist David Brooks recognizes in today's New York Times that it is regressive.
 
We need him to do substantive things for the underprivileged, not just good government class neutral policies like this overblown statue struggle.
Example of the latter: De Blasio proudly announced that the NYPD is cracking down on TLC licensed taxicab drivers (or any drivers) are not allowed to have cellphones mounted on car windshields. Yes, we need safe driving, safe streets, but this is something a politician of any ideology could support.
 
De Blasio needs to address pressing economic concerns of economically hard-pressed New Yorkers, not devoting himself to attention-grabbing symbolic issues.

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