Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. is pushing back against critics (or critic, that being the New York Post) who say he's got no place being named to Gov.-Elect Andrew Cuomo's transition team.
The crux of the critcism, as outlined by the NYP's Adam Brodsky, is that it's oxymoronic to call on Diaz to help Cuomo with plans for job creation and economic development when he, city Comptroller John Liu (also a member of the transition team) and Manhattan BP Scott Stringer tried to squelch a city-commissioned study on the cost of a "living wage" bill for city workers.
Diaz was also blamed for killing the proposed Kingsbridge Armory shopping center project by demanding higher-than-minimum wages for workers there in exchange for million in city subsidies, as our Adam Lisberg has outlined.
The Bronx beep's having none of it.
“I am proud to serve Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo as a member of his transition team. Challenging times are ahead for New York State, and this transition team will work to put together the best and brightest minds to serve our new governor’s administration and build a talented and diverse new state government.
"I am honored that my friend Andrew Cuomo has chosen me to be a part of this process,” Diaz said in a statement.
1 comment:
This shmuck destroyed any hope for employment at the armory for over 2000 Bronxites.
living wage? do you have any idea how much our military is paid to protect cowards like Ruben Diaz and his low life scumbag father? ironic that Diaz claimed to want a "living wage" for regular civilians who would work in a former place of honor turned shopping mall when our military families are just getting by and earn about 10 dollars too much to qualify for food stamps.
he's a fraud. he waited for a payoff from related companies and that payoff never arrived as he thought it would so he boasted and bragged about a living wage for the good people of the Bronx. He didnt care about people WHO NEED JOBS. He cared about lining his own pockets. The apple does not fall far from the tree.
Mind our business? Shmuckos failure as Bronx Borough President is EVERYONE'S business. His brand of bs is something that normal people cannot ignore. Eventually the chickens will come home to roost and those chickens will be snatching purses and robbing people when they step off the #4 train on kingsbridge road next month because the chickens will continue to be UNEMPLOYED
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