What does Andy Cohen have against Bill de Blasio?

Fuck Bdb

Even a broken clock is correct twice a day.

Everyone in NYC hates Bill DeBlasio.

Cohen is transparent and fake.

Hatred of DeBlasio has united all New Yorkers, Democrats, Republicans, Greens, and all races, all boros, and all classes.

He has given unity to New York City when no one else could.

Very unprofessional.

Andy is friends with John McCain’s daughter who won’t shut up about hating him.

[Quote] He has given unity to New York City when no one else could.

Andy has given unity to Datalounge when no one else could.

His rant was wrong too. He said something about 4 years...he was mayor for 8. The city reelected the clown!

Plus he legally changed his name TWICE, people should have known then that he was a nut.

How Queer of him.

de Blasio destroyed NYC

Why would a grown man change his name? Did he want to become an actor? Do his kids have his real last name or this made up one?

He was born Warren Wilhelm, Jr. R12 and went by that name all through high school and college.

His dad left the family and so he wanted to use his mother's maiden name -- de Blasio.

IIRC, "William" (Bill) is is middle name and he started to use that since his father's name was also Warren.

So major daddy issues.

The wife is also an ex-lesbian. As in she was an out lesbian very actively involved with lesbian groups before she met him

Sorry I know nothing about de Blasio. Could someone explain what he's done to NYC for everyone to hate him?

He was 100 percent correct . It is amazing that with all of the outspoken celebrities out there , ol’ Andy the only one to trash DeBlasio -an unprecedented disaster by any measure

Complaint is New Yorkers’ love language, so I always have trouble distinguishing whether there are serious grievances against De Blasio or it’s pretty stuff like where he works out. Can someone clarify?

And of course the knives are already out for Adams. Who would want this job?

*petty stuff, stupid autocorrect

De Blasio is safe to trash.

Incoherent ranting, 'he like, totally, like sucks' isn't good enough. Be specific in your complaints. BTW,Eric Adams described himself as the champ on twitter last night after taking office. Champ of what? Elected officials no longer understand the assignment because so few citizens vote in elections.

So... As an outsider to the NYC world, I'm still confused as to how de Blasio messed up. Any concrete examples of his failures?

Here are some more details R20: Pathetic on crime-every meaningful crime statistic (murder, shootings, etc) worse than when he was first inaugurated , trash piling up everywhere, homeless people /meth addicts swarming the streets , $850 M his wife was in charge of for mental health /Thrive NY project disappeared with zero results , subways a disaster , businesses shuttering, etc etc ….

[quote] Complaint is New Yorkers’ love language…

Holy shit, that is brilliant, r16. I’m laughing at how simple and true this is.

I was happy with Bloomberg, personally.

The new one is probably even worse, just saying

[quote] Pathetic on crime-every meaningful crime statistic (murder, shootings, etc) worse than when he was first inaugurated , trash piling up everywhere, homeless people /meth addicts swarming the streets

Sounds like San Francisco to me...

r14 Deblasio's detractors are not permitted to have an opinion when they do not vote in elections. On his way out DeBlasio authorized the destruction of a park including the removal of 80 year old trees. A barrier is to be constructed to protect the area from flooding but the deal was rushed against local opposition and smells bad. It smells grifty.

DeBlasio is a racist fuckwad.

But the ironic thing is that his policies hurt black people in the long run. And ask anyone in NYCHA how they liked him.

He changed his name to be more electable.

His wife is a MAJOR grifter.

Both are frauds.

He was mostly just incompetent and tone deaf R20 and showed no real ability to communicate with his constituents. He was elected and re-elected when the other viable candidates stood in the usual circular firing squad.

Sort of that old book The Peter Principle in action--he was an okay minor bureaucrat but a terrible manager.

R25, I have voted in every single election for which I’m eligible, not just the big mayoral ones, since 1988. No way I’m an expert on city politics, but I try to keep up and am involved hyper-locally in district politics that affect my neighborhood specifically.

To use his favorite phrase: LET ME BE CLEAR. DeBlasio is not a hapless bumbling fool, he’s malicious.

Can a white man be racist if he's married to a black woman?

R30 yes

I don’t understand how the $850 million isn’t a bigger issue. Can someone explain that? Also - it is sad that “journalism” has deteriorated to the point where I am more trusting of the responses on an anonymous message board than I am of published articles. But I haven’t seen a published article that adequately addresses it. It seems like they definitely can’t measure the effectiveness of programs, but can they demonstrate what the money was actually spent on and verify that those items and services were received? IOW, was she incompetent or criminal?

[quote] de Blasio destroyed NYC

NYC has the same problems it’s always had (and will continue to have), of course worsened by the same national issues that currently plague the rest of the nation.

[quote] don’t understand how the $850 million isn’t a bigger issue.

Yes she wrote an $850 million dollar check to herself. That’s what you wanted to here right?

[quote] Can someone explain that? Also - it is sad that “journalism” has deteriorated to the point where I am more trusting of the responses on an anonymous message board than I am of published articles.

If you trust the bullshit posted here. Journalism is not the problem. You’re just an idiot.

She sho is ugly

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[quote] Sorry for the Daily Fail link

Not sorry enough to not post it.

OK, then, i'll post a NY Times piece about questions about her "Thrive" program.

Sadly, the DailyMail is better at investigative reporting, not having ties to local NYC politics. Although I do think that some local rag finally had the balls to call out Chirlane’s forgotten initiative to erect a bunch of woke statues.

I don’t get the Andy hate. Yes he may be messy but he owns it. Fuck it.

So you don’t know either, R34. But keep calling other people idiots.

Oh, look - he put her on a Covid task-force, too.

One day after Mayor Bill de Blasio named his wife Chirlane McCray to co-chair a task force on racial equity in the COVID-19 recovery, a City Hall spokeswoman says the task force has no authority to make decisions and is not designed to promote his wife’s political career.

“The entity itself does not have decision making power,” Jane Meyer, a spokeswoman for the de Blasio administration told NBC New York. “This group will be an ear to the ground and will be able to raise issues quickly or suggest ways to better connect with and serve communities that are most impacted."

Some critics said Mayor de Blasio is playing politics by giving the high profile role to his wife, who is said to be considering a run for Brooklyn borough president in 2021.

“The COVID-19 crisis in communities of color is real and deserves thoughtful leadership and swift action, not unqualified cronyism and nepotism,” said City Councilmember Antonio Reynoso, who is running for Brooklyn borough president.

She makes Esther Rolle look sexy.

R42, did you see Dante’s “violence disruptor” film in one of Big Bird’s pressers earlier this week? Trying to eke out the last bit of paycheck for his lazy loser family.

If he doesn’t get elected governor, they might have to get real jobs.

New York is a shithole.

Andy Cohen doesn’t go after his wife. I wonder why.

Cohen's a fucking millionaire. Get your fucking eye fixed so you don't look like a fucking chameleon looking for flies.

Though I agree with him, it was wrong for Andy to express extreme personal political opinion on the show. He should be banned. The whole point of NYE broadcast is to AVOID the perpetual political squawk box that TV “news” has become. It is an apolitical event.

Andy’s opinion is also the lazy apolitical NYers new hip slogan. Andy is not a political analyst. He is a pop gossip. I’m finding more ignorant NYers broadcasting their hatred of BdB suddenly because it’s hip. It’s not informed poltical discourse, it’s parroting popular opinions.

deblasios major talent is for public speaking, he has very little personal charisma. He is an excellent public speaker and is able to speak at length on policy issues.

it is one thing to correctly observe the one billion dollar thrive initiative was an expensive failure and another to lie wifey ran off with the loot.

You get the mayor you vote for not the one you wish you had. If the people of NYC re-elected him, they obviously thought he was the best man for the job. What a bunch of hypocritical uptight twats to do that and trash him at the same time.

R51 So once someone's elected they're immune from criticism?

Andy and Anderson are so fucking sexy it isn't even funny.

I wonder how many times they've fucked. I'd love to be DP'd by them.

Two hunks.

R46 Yeah I wonder why. Because its all right there in black and white.

R52, No one said that, but if your complaints are valid and hold water, you are a full of shit if you then go ahead and put the politician back into office. Otherwise you are just an annoying twat who wants to complain but do nothing about it.

[quote]Complaint is New Yorkers’ love language

New Yorkers’ are like the Karens of constituency.

[quote] The wife is also an ex-lesbian.

She claims she's an "ex-gay" and seems to get a pass on Datalounge for it. Never understood why.

Yeah, I dont get why NYC people hate him, they seem to hate everyone they elect. It's a pattern, not a good look.

It’s because she black, that’s why. She gets a pass because she’s black. And if you criticize her it makes you racist.

When she wore a denim pantsuit to a police officer’s funeral, she was criticized for not dressing appropriately. And anyone who said it was disrespectful to wear denim pants to an official’s funeral, was called racist because who are we to impose white standards of dress to a woman of color?

Joe Scarborough & Mika have de Blasio on as a Morning Joe guest rather frequently. Part of it is access due to the studio being in NYC. To me, de Blasio's demeanor and yapping is annoying. He had some useful information as to how NYC was coping with the pandemic. Still, I flip the channel after a minute or so when he appears.

As to de Blasio running for NY Governor, I can't see the State embracing him. His track record on crime prevention, showing favoritism, relations with public employees including police, and the management of the city's finances, are dismal.

deBlasio who abandoned the city to run for President, is using money raised for that campaign to run for governor.

de Blasio will never become governor. We hate him downstate and upstate has a high concentration of Trump republicans.

Bloomberg was a decent mayor. Can't say the same about de Blasio.

One very good thing de Blasio did was to appoint more tenant representatives on board that determines rents each year for rent stabilized apartments; they were actually able to hold down the usual hikes, even having a couple of years with no rent hikes at all. So for that I'm grateful.

I am old enough to remember the John Lindsay years. It has been said that Lindsay “was the best mayor New York ever had until he took office”.

Thanks to de Blasio, Lindsay now holds the #2 spot as worst mayor ever.

David Dinkins didn't do much either

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I’m not encouraged by Adams’ talking about New York going through Pearl Harbor.

R14 New Yorkers like to complain. De Blasio was better than Bloomberg, Giuliani and Dinkins. But is that good enough? Oh no, no sirree.

David Dinkins made a lot of positive changes in his four years in office. He was a good mayor and a good man.

[quote] Andy and Anderson are so fucking sexy it isn't even funny. I wonder how many times they've fucked. I'd love to be DP'd by them. Two hunks.

He wants to be POTUS, what politician doesn't? He ran in a wide field for the 2020 Democratic POTUS candidate (alongside Bloomberg) during the height of the health crisis while Cuomo choose not to. Cuomo has a wider national presence than Deblasio but stayed put to serve New Yorkers. And you can see where that got Cuomo. Cuomo has been removed from office based on trumped up allegations of sexual harassment but Deblasio was allowed to serve his two terms even though his wife is being incorrectly accused of misappropriating 1 billion dollars of public funds!

ugly vapid fat cokehead with a wonky eye

I had never really watched CNN NYE for more than two minutes. I was surprised how drunk/high they let their people get. My god. It was fun though seeing people unhinged and not giving a fuck.

When did Anderson Cooper morph into Tim Cook?

R74 All those sloppy media queens were drunk and sloppy last night...from the local to the national (Andy Cohen & Don Lemon.) Minor train wreck.

New Yorkers voted for term limits twice, Bloomberg used his wealth to sidestep term limits for an illegal 3rd term. That is his legacy.He isn't even a good public speaker.

De Blasio sucked long before Andy Cohen got the drunken balls to say it on CNN. He also was a terrible mayor long before it became fashionable to say so.

Adams may suck, Adams may not, but there's a big mess in this city to clean up, literally, with the homeless dreck and mentally ill wandering like flotsam and jetsam, and that is squarely on de Blasio.

Was the midnight swearing in of Adams just a one-time thing; a stunt/spectacle? Or is that how it's normally done?

On a related topic, I can still remember the days when I regarded Anderson Cooper as a serious news person.

Andy was great. It was a little too late, but I wish more people had dumped on Mayor De Shitstain while he was in office.

Governor of NY? In his fucking dreams.

Adams is a typical New Yawk cop. Brutish and undereducated. Crime is the pressing issues for voters that got him elected.

Anderson seems to lose his composure and gets a bit queeny when he's with Cohen.

Reflectance ^

Honestly, I really enjoyed the drunk queeniness of it all. I just had no idea that they were allowed to get that lit.

r71, Anderson as a top? By all reports...no.

Damn, I missed it, boring friends wanted to watch Miley Cyrus New Years. It sucked, everyone hated it except the host.

Is the new mayor always sworn in at 12:01 on Jan 1 or did we not want DeBlandio in office one minute longer than necessary.

[quote]I don’t get the Andy hate. Yes he may be messy but he owns it. Fuck it.

I'm sure andy voted for this clown, TWICE

Andy is a piece of shit

NYC needs a strong powerful man like Ron DeSantis at the helm. Anderson's muscles would look puny and weak compared to strong man DeSantis'.

I find all of the CNN guys unwatchable. It's unprofessional to be drunk on air, I'm amazed CNN allows this. I hope I never see Capeheart doing this sort of thing, he's definitely the smartest and best dressed.

Hush, I want to see more drunks on the air. Professional? Please that horse left the barn about 50 years ago. I wish they had done one with Barbra Walters all liquored up, that would have been hilarious.

Adams was sworn in at 12:15am.

And sworn at at 12:20.

It always bothers me when people complain about homeless. Should the mayor scoop them up and put them in extermination camps?

Blame the Nancy Pelosis and the Mitch McConnells of the world.

Hu? That makes no sense, it's a city problem. A very rich city problem R94.

Desantis lost the election to Andrew Party Boy Gillum in the same way dump lost the 2016 election to Clinton. The election results were contested by Gillium but the death sentence swooped his big greasy ass in office. The death sentence has been MIA since 12/17/21 during yet another surge of infection in Florida . You want the job or not? His disappearance is not ok under normal circumstances and should be an impeachable offense during a health crisis.

when deblasio took office, NYC was the safest big city in America. It's plunged down to the 7th safest big city in the country.

Some stupid cunt tried to tell me that deblasio was doing a great job and that plunging down all those places on the list was proof of what a FABULOUS mayor he was. He also thinks Chicago is doing well too.

That kind of fucking stupidity is how deblasio got re-elected, because the democrats think complaining about the current democrat that's in office is a sin and if they just cross their fingers and keep quiet things will magically get better. It won't. That's a FACT.

They're just like donald trump supporters

R55 That's just stupidly simplistic. Firstly, he may have been the least bad option.

Secondly, the overwhelming majority of New Yorkers did not vote for him. The turnout for both the 2013 and 2017 elections was 26% (page 23 of link).

de blasio left the city is such great shape that the brand new mayor had to call 911 on his first day in office

Andy, you're doing a national broadcast, so you need to realize that the vast majority of your viewers couldn't give a flying fuck about your mayor. Shute up and continue with the mediocre job you are doing.

I agreed with every word Andy said and share the same rage about Deblasio. Pure rage.

I loathe Andy but he was 100% right on this.

andy is jumping on the de blasio sucks bandwagon at the last possible moment. he voted for de blasio

Remember when his wife “lost” a billion dollars and we’re not allowed to speak about it on DL?

Both deBlasio and his wife are as corrupt as any Republican.

To be fair that was the cocaine talking.

R104 go to your Klan rally, you racist. Don’t you know that white men have stolen from governments for centuries? So we’re not going to say shit about we she did. We hope she enjoys her money. Secure the bag, Henny!

It drives me crazy that Cohen does nothing to care for his voice. He does hours of a radio show every day (I think) and sounds like shit.

De Blasio is a handsome guy and probably wields a thick one. Why on earth did he marry an ugly lesbian? That is evidence of his poor judgment.

On his first day as Mayor Eric Adams witness an assault while waiting for the J train and saw homeless and mentally ill people on the subway train. He called 9-11. Lurch de Blasio was the hear no, see no evil Mayor and he was anti-police. in his last year as Mayor homicides in NY were at a 10-year high as were vehicular homicides.

Adams is there as a direct rebuke to defund the police.

R78, When de Blasio was sworn into office in for his first term, it was held at 12:01am in front of his Brooklyn home. His second term swearing in ceremony was held in the afternoon at City Hall Park. Bernie Sanders swore him in.

It’s up to the electee to decide the location. The swearing time for a first termer is around midnight. Second term time, is whenever on January 1st. At least this is what I believe to be true.

R108 they have a lot in common: cannabis, corruption and their hatred of whites, police and the wealthy though like all socialists they like wealth for themselves.

Lurch de Blahsio always blames COVID for the shithole NYC became

Adams was elected to bring back [bold]RECHT UND ORDNUNG[/bold].

fascist shitbags. Trickle down skat queens. Useless. Relegating the US to permanent shithole status will not elevate russher.

I thought DataLounge already did that R114.

it is not a crime to be homeless or mentally ill. Sleeping on the subway? Playing music at an elevated volume, panhandling or performing aboard a train, smoking? All illegal. Face masks are required in the subway. 30% will not comply with the mask mandate which is one of the reasons covid will not fucking leave.

This is handsome, R108?

Get thee to an optometrist.

De Blasio lucked out when Preet Bahara was fired. Everyone seems to forget that de Blasio was about to have all hell come down on him for "pay to play" politicking. And if Trump's nepotism bothered you, then you should be annoyed with de Blasio for constantly putting his wife on task forces that she unqualified to lead. Not to mention how he was in the pocket of real estate developers.

Yes my father @R30 Very racist but loved black women that looked mixed

Why does Andy Cohen look like Jerry Lewis?

He’s Handsome cause he’s tall @118 And still had her hair

R94 There's always the Travel Lodge on 42nd The Skyline Motel on 10th and a number of shelters, but they just won't stay put.

[quote]ugly vapid fat cokehead with a wonky eye

That is mean. There is no report Sarah Huckabee Sanders is a cokehead.

THRILLED HIS TV CHAT SHOW IS GOIN OFF AIR

Andy must be blaming his three rounds of Covid on De Blasio!

Wait until the next mayor Eric Adams takes over, he'll be brutalized the same way, especially because he's black.

Murmur deletes ANY threads about Mrs. DB. So weird.

r126 Pertty sure he faked Covid the first time. His second and third bout were after having been jabbed and him not caring about people

R125 Source?

Have at it, girls...

[quote]I find all of the CNN guys unwatchable. It's unprofessional to be drunk on air, I'm amazed CNN allows this

And this little ridiculous, mincing little bitch anderson cooper disowned Kathy Griffin for posting a pic with a fake trump head

He's a damned disgrace

The first year BDB was in office he was supposed to attend a memorial in the Rockaways for the people who died in the American Airlines flight 587 crash and he showed up over an hour late because he overslept. That to me was the defining moment of his Mayoral careers. The man is just a tone deaf schmuck.

His kids were adorable though and they always seemed like decent people and I think to a great extent he owed his first term to people’s desire to see a warm happy family as the face of New York after Bloomberg, who was perceived as a bit of a cold fish.

he is for universal health care insurance for New Yorkers. That is why there is a hit against him. IT worked because New Yorkers are stupid. You almost had universal health care insurance for al of New York.

why fire someone for spewing rubbish while drunk? Cohen should be fired for the enduring stench of the real old horse faced whores of wrong island.

I saw that part. Cooper tried to stop him.

I liked when Kathy Griffin was part of the NYE show.

Also, Cohen is more entertaining than Anderson at the event.

They are a mixed couple too. How do people think they can get away with this type of attack. He wanted all New Yorkers to have Health Insurance. THis is a GOOD THING.

What will CNN offer up next New Year's Eve? Wolf Blitzer & Jake Tapper?

the new guy is a cop. He does not have any policies he is runinng on. He is just a pon of the billionaires, probably bloomberg, so he can still be major. It is so disgusting.

Cohen is racist. The few times i watched his awful show he always segregated his black guests together. Every. Single. Time.

[quote]to me, de Blasio's demeanor and yapping is annoying.

R60 = new to the game, and knows nothing about New York

From R130 “The fans want and deserve a host that they can relate to. Andy Cohen is toxic, annoying, unfair toward certain guests, and rude.”

Hahahahahaha like all the RH fans aren’t alcoholic dramatic sociopaths, they’re just poor & fat

[quote]The fans want and deserve a host that they can relate to. Andy Cohen is toxic, annoying, unfair toward certain guests, and rude.

So, very relatable to a large part of the population.

[quote]They are a mixed couple too. How do people think they can get away with this type of attack. He wanted all New Yorkers to have Health Insurance. THis is a GOOD THING

It's NY, not some dumbfuck flyover state or disgusting southern state. Most jobs in NYC have health insurance. And it's not a mayor's job to deal with this. He should have concentrated on the fucking job people elected him to do, which was take care of NYC. Instead this useless son of a bitch ran for president, all while NYC was going STRAIGHT TO HELL. The rest of NY did NOT ask for this dumb mother fucker's help.

We all know a useless jackass like bill de blasio. We've all worked with a piece of shit like bill de blasio. They were hired to do one job, but they aren't going to do that job. OH NO!!, NOT THEM. They're going to worry about every other thing, that isn't part of their job. They never get any fucking thing accomplished. They waste everyone's time, energy and money worrying about shit that does NOT concern them. They make EVERY situation WORSE

What kind of delusional psychopathy is required to demand a drama-free host for a series based on dramatic psychotic outbursts?

CNN's coverage last night was wall-to-wall cringe. From the cracked-out comedian shilling toilet paper cozies to Andy's booze-coke binge to that godawful Katy Perry performance. The diBlasio rant was just icing on the drug-laced cake.

If everyone hated de Blasio how was he elected for a second term?

Please r71. Those two lezzie bottoms could only dream of being tops

Get rid of Cohen and replace him with Erick Adame. That dude at least is professional and has some personal self control.

Because he was a sitting Democratic mayor with Trump being president, R147.

R144, most jobs in NYC offer health insurance? Maybe, but not by much.

If NY has as many restaurant, hotel, and other such service type jobs proportionally as the rest of the country on average then 41% of workers there are defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as “low-wage” and don’t have health insurance through their employers.

Health care, or lack thereof, is most definitely a local issue. The ability of hospitals to remain open often depends on people having health insurance, as evidenced by rural hospitals closing in states which didn’t take the Medicare expansion dollars from the federal government. Healthcare might not be a public service like water and sanitation but it plays just as large a role in the livability of a city.

Watching two 55 year old gay men get drunk, fan gurling out at Patty Lupone, like they were 20 year old twinks is not the image I would want straight america to have of our kind. The fact these two men talked endlessly about their kids all while getting sloshed on tv, and not obeying covid rules - with Cohen having had it three times? Jesus Christ.

Who is Andy cohen? I see the face and recognize it but what the fuck is this guy?

[quote] and not obeying covid rules - with Cohen having had it three times?

And they were both coughing over each other.

DeBlasio is probably the worst mayor in New York history, but he still isn't as bad a Chicago's Lightfoot. And Philly's idiot -in- chief , Jim Kenney, isn't far behind.

Andy and Katy were both pissed off at Anderson when he kept going on and on about his child when she was there to promote her new Vegas residency. Andy even rolled his eyes and abruptly changed the subject back to Katy's show. Anderson knew what was going on at that point and looked like he wanted to crawl underneath the stage.

I signed the petition @ R130, despite disagreeing with reasons given. I do hope the wonky eyed coke whore is fired from Bravo and cancelled ten times worse than Kathy Griffin, having to move back in with his parents in Clayton.

[quote]Watching two 55 year old gay men get drunk, fan gurling out at Patty Lupone

PATTI Lapone, idiot!

he won the election twice due to low voter turnout. Bloomberg x 3 = same. Adams = same. Most citizens don't vote.

Pattie Lupine

[quote]If everyone hated de Blasio how was he elected for a second term?

Because when you're running as a democrat in NYC you're basically running opposed these days. It's not like the early 00s when a moderate republican could get elected. He also won on record low voter turnout... something like 22% of registered voters/roughly 8.5% of NYC's population voted.

Both Rudy and Bloomberg needed a third party line to also run on to get elected as a Republican. You can combine party votes in NYS.

Adams was a Republican and changed to Democrat. We basically have a Black Republican mayor now. Which is fine with me, we need a little strictness and cutting of the city bureaucracy. Personally I would love to see the teachers union crushed and real school choice instituted.

[quote]something like 22% of registered voters/roughly 8.5% of NYC's population voted.

So all of the city of NYC is complaining like Karen on the rag but end of the day the vast majority dont even lift a finger to vote? Typical.

You get the Mayor you deserve.

[quote}Both Rudy and Bloomberg needed a third party line to also run on to get elected as a Republican.

Bloomberg was a democrat and switched parties to republican because the demographic field was too large. He switched to independent toward the end of his second term and then back to democrat for his failed run at president.

[quote]Sorry I know nothing about de Blasio. Could someone explain what he's done to NYC for everyone to hate him?

I live here in NYC and I honestly have no idea why they all hate him.

[quote]Sorry I know nothing about de Blasio. Could someone explain what he's done to NYC for everyone to hate him?

Something something woke woke wokety woke CRT BLM defund the police BLM ANTIFA defund the police.

That's all it sounds like to me anyways.

De Blasio has done a lot for the city.

De Blasio's policy initiatives have included new de-escalation training for police officers, reduced prosecutions for cannabis possession, implementation of police body cameras, and ending the post-9/11 surveillance program of Muslim residents. In his first term as mayor, he implemented a free universal pre-kindergarten program in the city. De Blasio has called attention to what he calls stark economic inequality in New York City, which he described as a "tale of two cities" during his first campaign. He has supported socially liberal and progressive policies in regard to the city's economy, urban planning, public education, police relations.

De Blasio was on the take. Even after being warned that his quid pro quo campaign financial arrangements was unethical he continued.

And, the groundwork for universal pre-K was laid by Bloomberg.

R151, New York expanded medicaid. It's not the mayor's job to deal with this. That's the governor's job. de blasio is like that one jackass at every job you've ever had that ignores their own job and worries about everything else that has nothing to do with him.

I will give him credit for the expanded Pre-K, but he left the city a fucking mess. And nowhere is that more evident than the poor sections of the city. These kids who need the pre-K now live in even more dangerous conditions than before. Hopefully the kids don't get shot on their way to Pre-K

Ignoring the grifting wife (don't), de Blasio's office was notoriously pay for play. No money, no access.

NYC is in decline, it's 15 minutes of glory are over. People are leaving in droves. No matter who becomes the next Mayor, guarantee it will continue to decline and New Yonkers will blame him for it too. Remember the 70's? That is the direction it's going. All cities go through periods of growth and decline, it's a cycle and NY crested about 4 years ago. The next 10 will be nothing but a downward spiral with hot spots of billionaire towers peppered among the filth below.

everyone is consolidating. Everyone is moving in every state.

Yes, but people are moving OUT of NYC not into it. Creatives especially are moving out, too expensive unless you are big time famous. Most are moving to SoCal which is like 1/2 the cost of living in NY.

you morons in new york, gave up rent control. Furthermore, De blasio would be for rent control.

[quote]NYC is in decline, it's 15 minutes of glory are over. People are leaving in droves. No matter who becomes the next Mayor, guarantee it will continue to decline and New Yonkers will blame him for it too. Remember the 70's? That is the direction it's going.

People moved out in the 1970s because NYC was a nightmare. People are moving out now because it's becoming a nightmare. No one likes high crime, except the criminals

If you were young and gay, New York was glorious in the 70s. Don't ask about the 80s.

I like DeMoron better than that hideous fuckface.

he was mayor for two terms. They are acting like he is a loser like Trump. Or a Fascist like Bloomberg. Sorry, he was elected twice and he cannot run again. Fucking morons. You could have had rent control and universal health care too.

R141 you must be a nitwit in the projects. I am from Yonkers and graduated from NYU.

Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't the NYPD deliberately not doing their job properly because of all the defund the police talk they took as an attack by DeBlasio against them? They wanted to continue being corrupt with no accountability. Why blame DeBlasio for the police not doing their jobs?

On the upside, all that million dollar real estate will start to lose it's value. You poor gays will be able to afford to live there once it's in the crapper. Living out your Boys in the Band fantasy.

you are correct, r180. These are oath keepers who participated in the terrorist attack on the capital.

I refuse to read the long posts here praising DeBlasio.

R171, remember the 1970s, you ask. People moving out in droves, the city continuing to decline - THAT'S what was said in the 70s.

Bloomberg made a fool of himself when he attempted to speak Spanish at press conferences.

When deBlasio ran the first time, his son, Dante, with full Afro was in the commercials. Daddy said he taught his son to be fearful of the police. At a funeral for an NYPD officer, hundreds of cops turned their backs when he showed up. Because people think all politicians are useless, fewer than 26% showed up to vote, both times. In the recent election that gave us Eric Adams as mayor, 20% voted.

and that is exactly why I can't tolerate incoherent rants like the one Cohen spewed on NYE. You do not vote, so STFU.

I refuse to read your post, r183.

[quote]you morons in new york, gave up rent control. Furthermore, De blasio would be for rent control.

What are you talking about??

NYC has not given up rent control or stabilization! You are unhinged.

(Shh R189, let Grushenka that is a good talking point.)

Grushenka may be talking about a controversial plan de Blasio proposed that would extend rent control to certain commercial properties.

Gave up would seem to indicate something that was in place or within grasp? That commercial tenant right of first refusal at a capped percentage increase seemed rather a long shot from the start imho. But you are right R191 maybe Grushenka is a devoted reader of Crain’s and/or small business owner on Columbus Ave.

Or, r192...maybe Grushenka reads the NYDN or NYPost...both of which have been covering the issue. I knew about it and I don't read Crain's, nor am I a NYC business owner 🤷

[quote]Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't the NYPD deliberately not doing their job properly because of all the defund the police talk they took as an attack by DeBlasio against them?

He cut $1 billion from the police budget and pissed it away somewhere else. Within 6 months he had to shift money back to the police.

He thought cancelling training courses/recruiting new officers and cancelling police overtime was a good thing. IT WASN'T. This link is from fox news, but it's a fact that shootings went up 127% that year. NYC went from a place where people would bring their families on vacation to a place no one wants to bring their children to

Cops are over paid. The thing that all these politicians don't get is we still want the police protection, we are just tired of you giving them raise every time you say you need more money for more police. We want more actual cops that are not A-holes, no higher paid ones.

Bill deBlasio is the only politician equally hated by Democrats and Republicans, based on his eight-year history.

Isn't de Blasio gay? Why would he marry a lesbian? I don't get it.

Yes Rose, Bill DeBlasio is gay because he married a lesbian. All gay men want to marry lesbians -- that's what makes them gay.

Andy Cohen a jew from the midwest. Deblasio is far apart from his world.

Cohen hasn't lives in the MIdwest since 1986. He's a New Yorker; he's one of you.

[quote] Yes Rose, Bill DeBlasio is gay because he married a lesbian. All gay men want to marry lesbians -- that's what makes them gay.

Why would a guy marry a lesbian if not to cover up his own sexuality? Why would a straight man marry someone who has no attraction to him?

beasty boys

He's notorious for being late and stoned.

I'm sure Andy had bumped some blow too. No wonder he was uninhibitedly chatting.

Did he get fired or not?

R205 apparently and surprisingly not.

Next New Years Eve, maybe CNN will hire Caitlyn?

R6 Oh shut up, you fucking asshole.

New Yorkers love to hate their mayor, whoever he happens to be.

It's part of why they keep electing and re-electing such hate-able assholes.