for whom would you vote for nyc mayor

[Miles]

De Blasio.

[RedSLC]

Easily De Blasio.

[Beet]

So far in this thread people have said that De Blasio will continue Bloomberg's policies, that his campaign was a fake, and that he won't actually accomplish the progressive centerpiece of it. Wow, way to crush my hopes for De Blasio.

[Beet]

Obama didn't stop becoming the great progressive hope until after he was sworn in...

[Maxwell]

Obama didn't stop becoming the great progressive hope until after he was sworn in...

Well, I think progressive's now more throughly understand the "Obama Mistake"

Then again, most of these comments are from deeply bitter Quinn supporters, or big Bloomberg fans.

[Beet]

We'll see. I still have hope for De Blasio. He can get a tax increase through the state legislature, even though Cuomo is "not thrilled" with his plan as it is, they can negotiate something. Cuomo won't want to be seen as torpedoing the will of the voters.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

De Blasio has promised regime change. He has a massive incentive to at least try, because his re-election will be tied to pleasing his supporters. Twice.

[bedstuy]

would it be possible/legal/etc for NYC to levy a ~.01% tax on all financial transactions that take place within its borders?  that would raise a boatload.

Horrible idea, even at the national level.  But, I think it's obvious that NYC would never do something like that.

So far in this thread people have said that De Blasio will continue Bloomberg's policies, that his campaign was a fake, and that he won't actually accomplish the progressive centerpiece of it. Wow, way to crush my hopes for De Blasio.

Mayors don't generally make progressive change.  They don't have the ability to redistribute wealth like a governor or President.  The larger role of a Mayor is managing the city's economic development.  On the major economic development issues like transit and rezoning, I think De Blasio will largely echo Bloomberg's policies.

[© tweed]

would it be possible/legal/etc for NYC to levy a ~.01% tax on all financial transactions that take place within its borders?  that would raise a boatload.

Horrible idea, even at the national level.  But, I think it's obvious that NYC would never do something like that.

I asked if it would be legal or possible.  Wall St isn't relocating any time soon so on that end it would be a case of whether or not they could define the transactions as occurring at some other physical location.

[© tweed]

De Blasio has promised regime change. He has a massive incentive to at least try, because his re-election will be tied to pleasing his supporters. Twice.

it will clearly mean regime change in the easier and more executive-dependent areas.  stop and frisk will go bye-bye, arrests for marijuana possession bye-bye (even Bloomberg is getting pressured into both of these in his Last Days), etc.  on the more crucial questions, we'll see.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

would it be possible/legal/etc for NYC to levy a ~.01% tax on all financial transactions that take place within its borders?  that would raise a boatload.

Horrible idea, even at the national level.  But, I think it's obvious that NYC would never do something like that.

So far in this thread people have said that De Blasio will continue Bloomberg's policies, that his campaign was a fake, and that he won't actually accomplish the progressive centerpiece of it. Wow, way to crush my hopes for De Blasio.

Mayors don't generally make progressive change.  They don't have the ability to redistribute wealth like a governor or President.  The larger role of a Mayor is managing the city's economic development.  On the major economic development issues like transit and rezoning, I think De Blasio will largely echo Bloomberg's policies.

But does De Blasio have anything in his platform for economic development that doesn't involve raising taxes? That would be different from the same thing almost every generic large city mayor would do?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

De Blasio has promised regime change. He has a massive incentive to at least try, because his re-election will be tied to pleasing his supporters. Twice.

it will clearly mean regime change in the easier and more executive-dependent areas.  stop and frisk will go bye-bye, arrests for marijuana possession bye-bye (even Bloomberg is getting pressured into both of these in his Last Days), etc.  on the more crucial questions, we'll see.

Oh, I don't disagree; he's certainly not guaranteed to be a success.

[bedstuy]

would it be possible/legal/etc for NYC to levy a ~.01% tax on all financial transactions that take place within its borders?  that would raise a boatload.

Horrible idea, even at the national level.  But, I think it's obvious that NYC would never do something like that.

So far in this thread people have said that De Blasio will continue Bloomberg's policies, that his campaign was a fake, and that he won't actually accomplish the progressive centerpiece of it. Wow, way to crush my hopes for De Blasio.

Mayors don't generally make progressive change.  They don't have the ability to redistribute wealth like a governor or President.  The larger role of a Mayor is managing the city's economic development.  On the major economic development issues like transit and rezoning, I think De Blasio will largely echo Bloomberg's policies.

But does De Blasio have anything in his platform for economic development that doesn't involve raising taxes? That would be different from the same thing almost every generic large city mayor would do?

Just as an example:

I think that De Blasio supports more rezoning to expand the housing supply, following the bold steps taken by Bloomberg to rezone large areas of the City.  He has also called for more affordable housing, but I don't know if that's necessarily right or left because affordable housing construction is non-union.