MARIA: WELCOME BACK NEW YORK
CITY IS DEAD FOREVER THAT IS
TITLE OF A RECENT OP-ED BY
AUTHOR JAMES WRITES QUOTE I
LOVE NEW YORK CITY, WHEN I
FIRST MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY
IT WAS DREAM COME TRUE NOW
COMPLETELY DEAD, BUT NEW YORK
CITY ALWAYS BOUNCES BACK, NO.
NOT THIS TIME.
BUT NEW YORK CITY IS THE
CENTER OF THE FINANCIAL
UNIVERSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE
FLOURISH HERE AGAIN.
NO, NOT THIS TIME NEW YORK
CITY HAS EXPERIENCED WORSE,
NO, IT HASN’T, JOINING ME
RIGHT NOW AUTHOR HIMSELF,
JAMES THANKS FOR BEING HERE
YOU ARE A LONGTIME NEW YORKER,
YOU LOVE THE CITY, BUT YOU’VE
LEFT WHY DO YOU THINK NEW YORK
CITY IS DEAD WON’T COME BACK?
>> A.
>> WELL MARIA, FIRST OFF
THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON THE
SHOW, SECOND, RIGHT NOW, THERE
IS A MAJOR PROBLEM.
TAX REVENUES GOING DOWN,
DEFICITS GOING UP, SOMETHING
LIKE A THIRD OR MORE OF
RESTAURANTS AND SMALL
BUSINESSES MIGHT ALREADY BE
PERMANENTLY CLOSED IN NEW YORK
CITY, APARTMENT VACANCIES
ALL-TIME HIGH GOING TO GET
HIGHER, ONE IN FOUR RESIDENTS
HAVE NOT BEEN PAYING RENT
SINCE MARCH WHO KNOWS HOW MANY
MORE VACANCIES THERE WILL BE,
AND, THE CITY IS ALREADY EVEN
SAID THE DEFICITS ARE SO HIGH
THEY HAVE TO START LAYING OFF
CRITICAL EMPLOYEES LIKE EMPS
FRONTLINE WORKERS TEACHERS
POLICE GARBAGE COLLECTORS MTA
WORKERS A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
YOU CAN’T RUN CITY WITH
REVENUE GOING DOWN DEFICITS
GOING UP ALL THE CITIZENS
LEAVING.
AND, I HAVEN’T LEFT
PERMANENTLY COMING BACK I HAVE
KIDS IN SCHOOL IN THE CITY I
WANT THE CITY TO RECOVER BUT I
DON’T SEE HOW PHYSICALLY
HAPPENS EVERY BUSINESS CLOSING
MANY CITIZENS ARE LEAVING.
WILL THE.
MARIA: -- THE COMEDIAN
SLAMMING YOU IN "NEW YORK
TIMES" WRITING YOU SAY NEW
YORK WILL NOT BOUNCE BACK THIS
TIME.
YOU WILL NOT BOUNCE BACK, IN
YOUR -- HE INNOVATED NEW LIFE
IN FLORIDA I HOPE YOU HAVE A
LONG HEALTHY RUN DOWN THERE I
CAN’T THAT I HAVE MORE FITING
RETRIBUTION FOR FINE ARTICLE
STUPID ADVISORS WILL GIVE UP
EVENTUALLY SAME WAY YOU HAVE
WE HAVE TO KEEP GOING WITH NEW
YORK CITY IF THAT IS ALL RIGHT
WITH YOU SURE WILL AS HOW SURE
IT WILL SURE AS HELL COME
BACK, YOU ARE OUT WITH NEW
OPENED WITH YOUR RESPONSE WHAT
DO YOU MAKE OF JERRY SEINFELD
PUSHING BACK AT YOU --
>> I MEAN I CLEARLY -- HE IS
YOU KNOW LOVES THE CITY
CONCERNED ABOUT CRITICISM I
DON’T KNOW WHY HAS TO ARE
PERSONALLY ATTACK ME I LIVE IN
NEW YORK CITY AS A PERMANENT
RESIDENT AND I WANT IT TO DO
WELL BUT FACTS ARE THE FACTS,
AGAIN APARTMENT VACATIONS ARE
ALL-TIME HIGH, NOT TEMPORARY
HIGH, PEOPLE HAVE LEFT
PERMANENTLY, PEOPLE ARE MOVING
COMPANIES, GETTING THEY CAN’T
RESPOND TO ALL CALLS, BLLGS
OFFICE BUILDINGS EMPTY MANY
COMPANIES GOING REMOTE
PERMANENTLY THAT MEANS, THE
CLIMB IN TAXES RESTAURANT
CLOSINGS MEANS DECLINING
TOURISM MEANS DECLINING
REVENUES FOR THE CITY DEFICITS
AGAIN, ARE GOING THROUGH THE
ROOF, BECAUSE OF THE VIRUS
UNDERSTANDABLY, SO AGAIN I
DON’T KNOW WHY SEINFELD HAD TO
BE PERMANENT IN ATTACK LIKE
DOESN’T KNOW ME AT ALL BUT
INSTEAD I AM FOCUSED WHAT ON
COULD SOLUTIONS BE LET’S LOOK
AT THE FACTS OF WHAT THE
PROBLEMS ARE.
THE CITY IS GOING IN THE
DIRECTION OF BANKRUPTCY, THEY
HAVE ALREADY ANNOUNCED AUGUST
31 GOING TO TURN OUT 22,000
PINK SLIPS FOR CRITICAL
WORKERS, POLICE, MTA, EMT
PEOPLE FRONT LINE ON VIRUS
ABOUT TO FIRE.
AND I DON’T KNOW WHY JERRY IS
NOT MORE FOCUSED ON THAT,
INSTEAD ARBITRARY PERSONAL
ATTACK I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT
TOR CAREERY SEINFELD.
DAGEN: IT IS DAGEN MCDOWELL
I’VE BEEN IN NEW YORK CITY
EVERY DAY DURING VIRUS UNREST
DURING LOOTING COMING INTO
WORK, EVERY DAY.
AND I AM ANGRY, I AM ANGRY
BECAUSE, OF THE FECKLESS
LEADERSHIP HERE IN THE CITY, A
MAYOR REALLY DOESN’T SEEM TO
GIVE A FLYING DAMN ABOUT
ANYBODY BUT HIMSELF, AND THEN
ALSO JUST GENERAL COST OF
BEING HERE.
BUT I WILL SAY THIS.
IF YOU LOWER THE COST OF
LIVING HERE YOU GET RID OF THE
MAYOR, AND SOME OF THE
BUREAUCRATS RUN CITY INTO
GROUND QUICK COMEBACK FOR NEW
YORK.
>> A GOOD POINT YOU CONTINUE
LOWER COST OF LIVING QUICKLY
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN FIRST
IS ALL AT THE OWNERS OF ALL
BUILDINGS ARE GO BANKRUPT ONCE
10,000 RESTAURANTS GO OUT OF
BUSINESS NO RESTAURANT IS
GOINGS TO IMMEDIATELY REPLACE
TENANTS LAND LORDS OWNERS ARE
GOING BANKRUPT THE
RESTAURANTS, OWNERS GOING
BANKRUPT.
DAGEN: IT IS GOING TO BE A
GREAT WASHOUT.
AND A LOT OF WAYS, BUT WE
DON’T YOU KNOW WE ARE NOT --
WE ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF CHAOS
NOSTALGIA AS KYLE SUBMITTING
WROTE WE WANT DAYS OF CHEAPER
NEW YORK WHERE WE COULD GO OUT