Democrats and Labor Leaders Sing Bill de Blasio’s Praises After State of the City
BY ROSS BARKAN AND JILL COLVIN
Top Democrats and organized labor celebrated Mayor Bill de Blasio’s State of the City address this afternoon, hailing the new mayor’s repeated calls for more affordable housing, expanded science education and a tax hike to fund universal prekindergarten.
Little of Mr. de Blasio’s speech actually broke new ground–the new mayor stuck mainly to the campaign themes that he repeated in his victory and inaugural addresses–but Democrats were more than happy to offer praise.
“New Yorkers want our government to focus on reducing economic inequality and making New York a place we can all afford to live in, and that’s exactly what Mayor de Blasio is doing,” said Public Advocate Tish James in a statement. “I commend the Mayor for using his first State of the City address to drive an economic and social justice agenda forward.”
“I am particularly excited to work with Mayor de Blasio on expanding affordable housing and caring for homeless families,” she continued. “With his pledge to build 200,000 new affordable housing units, we are one step closer to a city where working families aren’t priced out of their own neighborhoods.”
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