Bill de Blasio

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194 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Oct 2025 last heard 2 Nov

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The Daily Show: Ears Edition · TDS Time Machines | New York Mayors, and Their Scandals · 2 Nov 2025 podcast

I don't wear the Che Guevara t-shirt when I go to work.

I think that's wise.

I've thought about that.

No, look.

I'm blessed to have had a very strong mandate from the people to make some real progressive change.

And throughout the last year, I talked about the tale of two cities we were living.

This was all about acknowledging the inequalities that have become very fundamental and unfortunately growing in our city and going at them, whether it's the inequality of how policing was done or inequality in terms of income or inequality in terms of education.

The people of the city are ready to actually take that on head on.

And so, yes, there are some bureaucrats and others who are hesitant, but I know that the popular support is there.

This comes up, for example, with our plan to tax the wealthy for pre-K and after school.

I've said anyone who makes a half million or more pays a little bit more in their city taxes.

What does it allow us to do?

Full day pre-K for every child in the city, after school for every middle school student for free, guaranteed.

Would be transcendent in terms of our school system.

Would totally allow us to prepare our kids properly.

I like the way you think, but... Thank you.

You know, the... Because we need to know the money's going to be there year after year, and the only way we're going to get that is if we have a tax that we control here in the city, and if we tax those who make a half million or more, they can handle it.

The equivalent for someone who makes between a half million and a million dollars is the price of a small soy latte at Starbucks once a day.

I appreciate that.

I think you deserve that.

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