Cuomo to NYC: Eat My Dust, Plebes
By
Brad Aaron
4:28 PM EDT on July 23, 2015
“If you think that’s going to close the gap and that’s going to pass, then I think you’re going to be sorely disappointed once again,” Cuomo said.
Here, let us fix that for you…
“If you think I’m going to lift a finger to help New York City without getting something major in return, then I think you’re going to be sorely disappointed once again,” Cuomo said, before stomping the gas pedal of his cobalt blue Corvette and speeding off into the distance, engine roaring.
Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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