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Stay home, Bill! Drop out of the White House race
For many New Yorkers, Mayor Bill de
Blasio’s delayed response to the Manhattan
blackout on July 13 — as he continued his
quixotic campaign for president a thousand
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miles away in Iowa — was the last
straw.
Since the days when Mayor Fiorello
LaGuardia rode on a police motorcycle
sidecar to get to major incidents around
town during the Great Depression, New
Yorkers have come to expect their mayors
to be on the spot for any major crisis
that may strike.
But when the lights went out in
Manhattan on Saturday night — trapping
people in elevators, suspending subway
service in Queens and beyond, and bringing
the heart of the city to a standstill —
de Blasio was nowhere to be found.
While on yet another taxpayer-funded
junket in his longshot quest to become
president, he phoned in the response,
then waited hours before deciding he
should get out of Iowa and come back to
the city he was elected to serve.
But by the time he showed back up,
the crisis was long over. Surrogate leaders
stepped up during de Blasio’s absence,
including City Council Speaker Corey
Johnson and Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Th e blackout may have happened in
Manhattan, but the rage over de Blasio’s
no-show can be felt in every corner of the
city. New Yorkers know that such a crisis
could easily happen to them — and
where would they be without the mayor’s
leadership?
Some have said it’s time for de Blasio
to step aside, but we don’t think that’s
required.
Rather, it’s time for de Blasio to live up
to the oath that he took to serve the people
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of New York City. It’s time for him to
drop out of the presidential race.
Being mayor of New York City, it has
been said, is the second-toughest job in
America — second only to the presidency
itself. De Blasio may be term-limited in
2021, but there are no limits to the very
real challenges this city faces.
Residents are dealing with myriad problems
including a higher cost of living,
public transportation breakdowns, overcrowded
schools, income inequality and
more.
Undocumented residents in Queens
and the other boroughs also feared the
worst when reports surfaced that ICE
would conduct a major deportation sweep
last weekend. While the raid never materialized
in the predicted large scale, the
mayor decided to skip town anyway and
campaign in Iowa — sending a message
that he cares more about his fantastical
White House hopes than he does for some
of the city’s most vulnerable residents.
Indeed, de Blasio’s blazé handling of
this weekend’s crises — not to mention
past public policy blunders on everything
from public education to public
housing — indicate that he’s not ready for
the White House at all. Th e Democratic
fi eld, crowded as it is, has far more competent
and more qualifi ed candidates for
the presidency than the current mayor of
New York City.
No one on the campaign trail will miss
de Blasio except for the mayor himself. If
taking charge of this city and building a
lasting legacy isn’t good enough for him,
then that’s his problem, not ours.
If anything, de Blasio has proven one
thing: You can’t do both jobs well, but you
can do both poorly.
Photo via Twitter/@ConEdison
As Con Edison and city offi cials addressed a power outage in Manhattan on July 13, Mayor Bill de
Blasio was nowhere to be found amid the darkness.
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