Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City said that he thought that the representative Alexandria Ocasio-CortezThe now infamous Tax the Rich Dress has sent the wrong message to the city’s business community and the wealthy residents who pay most of the city’s taxes.
In an interview with CNBC on Monday, Eric Adams reiterated his promise to improve relations with New York City’s business community, noting that he disagreed with the AOC’s stance on taxing wealthy residents—which had their backs. But it was written in big red letters. dress for Gal. with Last week.
“I’m a big believer that, you know, I think the AOC and I believe we both want the same things, we have different paths to get there,” he told Squawk Box. co-host Andrew Ross told Sorkin: ‘Her mother was a domestic servant, or worked at that level, [and] So was my mother.
‘But when you only talk about saying tax’ [the] Rich in this city, we may have 8.8 million people, but 65,000 pay 51 percent of our income tax,’ Adams continued. ‘And if you tell those 65,000 people to go, we won’t have firefighters, teachers – all those basic things.’
Instead, he said, the city should first reduce spending in the city budget, and then assess whether taxes should be raised to bring in more cash.
‘Let’s find a way to use up tax dollars,’ he said, ‘we’re wasting tax dollars.’
‘I say let’s make sure we get our homes through our agencies, and then talk about how much money we need to run this city’s $98 billion budget.
‘And how much of that is we bleeding?’
In an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box on Monday, New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Eric Adams said Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez’s Tax the Rich dress she wore to the Met Gala sent the wrong message.
Instead, he said, the city should analyze its $98 billion budget to see which programs could be cut and then determine whether taxes should be increased.
The interview comes as Adams, widely regarded as the next potential mayor, tries to distance himself from current mayor Bill de Blasio, having ‘reset’ the city’s relationship with the elite over the past few days. ‘ promises to do.
“Think about it for a moment, we’re the only country in the world to which we have a dream,” he told Sorkin. ‘You don’t have a French dream, you have a German dream, you have an American dream.’
As part of that dream, he said, ‘We are working hard to start a business.’
But, Adams said, ‘we lost it along the way.
‘So I’ve been talking to our business leaders for the past few years and they said, if I’m lucky enough to be mayor, we’re going to hit reset and we want to establish that relationship.’
On Friday, Adams called de Blasio’s ‘hostile approach’ to businesses during his time in office in another interview with Bloomberg Radio.
‘Right now, no one wants to do business in the city,’ Adams said at the time, commenting: ‘We are defined as a business-enemy rather than a business-friendly city.’
He also promised to create a pro-business era at City Hall, speaking to a group of professionals from the financial services industry. New York Post.
‘New York will no longer be anti-trade,’ he said at the symposium at the Javits Center in Manhattan. ‘It’s going to be a place where we welcome business, and not turn into that useless city we’ve been in for so many years.’
Adams is widely regarded as the next mayor of New York City because of his left-leaning people. He has vowed to give renewed support to the city’s business community.
Meanwhile, Mayor Bill de Blasio has backed Adams as his successor.
At a rally in August, Meyer told a crowd of Adams supporters: ‘I am here to support Eric Adams because I believe in him.
“We are going to take over the reins of a great leader,” he said. ‘He’s taking this moment – a big challenge, undoubtedly, a big challenge – but I can tell him: my team and I are going to do everything, whatever you need to be prepared for.’
After commenting, Daily News Reportedly, de Blasio hugged Adams and whispered in his ear: ‘Go get them.’
Then when asked about the prospect of Republican nominee Curtis Sliva being elected Monday, the mayor said he had no shot at defeating Brooklyn borough president Adams.
De Blasio said of Sliva, ‘I believe, objectively, he doesn’t, but you know, we have elections for a purpose.’
“I think previous opponents brought a certain amount of substance to the table, and that gave them a little bit more legitimacy,” he continued. ‘But in the end, I think the people of this town are ready to embrace Eric Adams, and I think he’s the right choice.’
General elections will be held on November 2.
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