#AskTheMayor: Staten Island Edition

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 27, 2017

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls from listeners in Staten Island and discusses his preliminary budget for 2018 including his new ferry plan, wage increases for city employees, and more during our weekly #AskTheMayor segment.

@BrianLehrer #AsktheMayor So why are the roads on Staten Island so bad? Worse pot-holes in the city. Can you make it a priority?
— sandy (@safa_sandy) January 27, 2017

Beauty of the call-in, Patrick from Staten Island gets "first raised voice on @BrianLehrer" award w/ Mayor re: a traffic light in Greenpoint
— David Moore (@ppolitics) January 27, 2017

Mayor @BilldeBlasio tells @BrianLehrer he will soon come out with a plan to address traffic congestion. cc @emmagf
— J. David Goodman (@jdavidgoodman) January 27, 2017

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