New York, NY – On the afternoon of June 1, the newly installed public advocate, Bill de Blasio, did what public advocates of New York city do, or should at least appear to do-he listened to The People. In a uniform of pinstriped pants, red tie and white shirt, Mr de Blasio stood at the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Hanson Place, before an easel bearing the words “How can we help you,” and asked passersby how he could help them.
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A woman named Tina, whose head barely reached above Mr. de Blasio’s belt, complained about charter schools. A retired English teacher named Zelphia Phillips complained about the new owners of Tivoli Towers. More constituents crowded in. Why couldn’t the M.T.A. ever figure out its budget? How can my cell phone company bilk me as it does? Mr. de Blasio slouched the slouch of the commiserating tall man-a posture arching from his inclined head through his rounded shoulders to his bent knees. WFUV taped. Brooklyn 12 filmed.
It was a well-coordinated act of political theater by one of New York’s most astute political minds. It also came off as kind of sincere.
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Of course he’s sincere he’s a politician & a democrat
why didn’t he stand in front of shomer shabos!?
a good act from a smart politician, but still this is what voters like and want, let’s see & hear from him after the election as well.
good job bill your doing great.
bill, bravo…but come over here to boro park or midwood too. we want more affordable housing, less parking maid vultures just to name a few…..
While de blasio is considered a person with a future he sure has little knowledge of the buildup of the boro park community
While he was a councilman of part of boro park he wanted to help his community he gave new buses to bobov 48 in a time of a inside dispute
Not to mention that it was proven in the nest election and even admitted by them that bobov 48 has less then 100 votes in his district half then bobov 45 and ten percent of belz
A council man should have known better
DeBlasio is as crooked as they come. In the city council meetings if you wondered how he was going to vote on something, all you had to do was look on the Campaign Finance Board’s website to see what special interest group had just made a “donation” to his campaign. He was Ari Noe’s biggest shill on the city council when it came to the billboard laws.
Which moron complained about parking again? How about obeying the law and not worrying about getting tickets which you derve when NOT obeying the laws?
We are sick and tired of listening to complaints about meter maids when ninty nine percent of tickets written are legitimate.