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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'Fiasco': The short life and ignominious death of de Blasio's national progressive agenda
Politico:De Blasios Progressive Agenda nonprofit was ostensibly designed to champion issues the mayor held dear income inequality, voter enfranchisement, education with de Blasio as the central force behind the movement.
But the more-than-$860,000 effort yielded little in the end no public debates, a couple of events including one that failed spectacularly, and no political upside for a mayor singularly obsessed with becoming a national liberal leader.
What it did yield were reams of emails that paint a portrait of de Blasio as a micromanager who allowed confusion and frustration to reign among his staff and stable of advisers. He tasked those advisers with the often-conflicting jobs of advancing the mayors national statute while also running the countrys largest city during a series of crises that included a burgeoning feud with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a losing regulatory battle with Uber and growing alarm about the citys increasing homeless population, which had ballooned to roughly 60,000 people.
In September 2015, de Blasio sent his staff an urgent email. He wanted to leave town on behalf of his Progressive Agenda. He just needed to concoct a New York City-related rationale for the trip.
There are a lot of people I know in NYC who are not happy with the Mayor's local performance, and who see his national ambition as a huge distraction to the job he should be doing here. He'll be term-limited out in another year. He can relaunch his campaign then.
Demsrule86
(68,667 posts)brooklynite
(94,727 posts)How many should be located in City Parks?
How much traffic congestion is acceptable to allow you do drive a motorcade 12 miles every day to go to your preferred gym?
As for a midterm hit piece, De Blasio isn't up for re-elecrtion.
Demsrule86
(68,667 posts)I don't care if he goes to a certain gym...seems kind of unimportant. He put an end to stop and frisk. He has also worked in trying to provide affordable housing in New York...tough to do. I have a link below. As for luxury buildings...that is the real estate industry. I don't see that he can stop that or would want to..taxes should help pay for affordable housing. I would add that in every city even those with Democratic politicians...high real estate prices and gentrification is a problem...California is a great example. I read articles like this one in in the Post all the time...a right wing rag if there ever was one...like they care about affordable housing or homelessness. He is a good mayor in my opinion and eons better than Guiliani or Bloomberg. Recently, I read about the furor over the fact that 10 homeless shelters were opened instead of 20...that is progress. It can't happen over night and the constant carping by some (not you, subject is worth discussing here) hurts the effort.
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/about/press-releases/2017/10/10-24-17.page
brooklynite
(94,727 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Demsrule86
(68,667 posts)the post wants him to be successful. Yep, I hate see Democrats join in ....Cynthia Nixon has weighed in too much if you ask me. It hurts us.
WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)Almost as bad as this blatantly ignorant hit piece from yesterday.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211293398
Javaman
(62,534 posts)FSogol
(45,525 posts)and the correct rhetoric about issues is not enough. On a national level, we should promote candidates that have governed and have numerous accomplishments.
MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)So I guess that's a good thing.