NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2016
Good for the New York City Council! Even if Trump doesn’t pay a penny of it back to NY at least they are shining a spotlight on this scum sucking pond dweller.
This is not a zero-sum game. Pay to protect Trump’s fat hide, or pay for children, elders, police, fire. Not a good look Donald!
Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Upper East Side Councilman Daniel Garodnick—both Democrats and backers of Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid—have already attracted nearly 1,500 endorsements to a Change.org urging incoming commander-in-chief to arrange federal reimbursements for the additional city security around his relatives and eponymous properties. The pair of local pols reiterated the widely reported $1 million-a-day estimated cost of stationing police and other city resources and personnel around Trump Tower and other locations, a figure Mayor Bill de Blasio has refused to confirm.
“The provision of security services for presidents-elect must be the obligation of the federal government. And accordingly, we believe that the cost of that obligation must be borne by the federal government, not the City of New York,” the petition reads. “And accordingly, we believe that the cost of that obligation must be borne by the federal government, not the City of New York.”
The petition notes the nearly $83.5 billion the city intends to spend in fiscal year 2017—not only on first responders, but education, sanitation, hospitals, housing, social work and city infrastructure
“We already stretch our municipal budget to provide basic services,” the pair wrote. “These services would suffer if we must divert funds to police protection.”
“Should you or your family members choose to reside in Trump Tower for any length of time following your inauguration, the cost of security for that time also should be borne by the federal government,” Mark-Viverito and Garodnick wrote. “While NYPD is both equipped and able to participate in ensuring you and your family’s protection, we must not allow this cost to blow a massive hole in New York City’s budget.”
Source: http://dailykos.com
