Voters oppose Mayor Bill de Blasio’s attempts to limit the growth of Uber, the e-hail app, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released this morning.
In addition, 49 percent of respondents say they encounter more homeless people panhandling, with 14 percent saying less and 32 percent saying about the same.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio walks in the Dominican Day…
Mayoral aides downplayed the poll, stressing that de Blasio was recently targeted in a multi-million dollar negative TV ad campaign funded by the ride-sharing service Uber. “They are a concern to all of us, whether they live in an apartment building, a private home, or on the street”.
Mayor Bill de Blasio abruptly canceled a major policy announcement Wednesday on the city’s new plan for dealing with the homeless, amid questions about his administration’s handling of grade-fixing in public schools, a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in The Bronx, and an uptick in the murder rate.
Some paradegoers shared fist bumps with the governor and others held signs – distributed by volunteers – that said: “Dominicans with Cuomo” in Spanish. “He doesn’t like the Dominican Republic….”
NYC Safe is intended to help alleviate the city’s increasingly visible homelessness, a problem de Blasio has said is linked to the lack of mental health resources. His press secretary, Karen Hinton, said the mayor had not been invited.
They were celebrating their Dominican heritage at the annual Dominican Day Parade, which is part cultural, part carnival-and always colorful.
State Sen. Adriano Espaillat, who presented the first award, told the blog NewYorkTrue, “This is an open breakfast where everyone’s invited”.
“With that reorganization comes more monetary transparency, new leadership, and it comes at a time as the Dominican community continues to grow in population and make its economic mark on the city”, said NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, who marched in the parade.
“He (De Blasio) has not apologized for the attacks he made, with offensive language”, Selman said.
Participants dance along Sixth Ave. during the Dominican Day Parade Sunday, August 9, 2015, in New York.
