Want to chat with New York City’s mayor about important issues while he’s working out? Fuhgeddaboudit.
Bill de Blasio was caught on camera on Thursday brushing off a homeless woman who confronted him at a Brooklyn gym and interrupted his stretching routine to demand housing reform.
A video posted on YouTube shows de Blasio telling 72-year-old Nathylin Flowers Adesegun: “I’m in the middle of doing my workout. I’m sorry. I can’t do this now.”
The video then shows De Blasio’s security officers stepping in front of the woman as the Democratic mayor gets up and walks away, cell phone in hand.
Adesegun was among dozens of advocates who showed up at the Prospect Park YMCA demanding de Blasio set aside 30,000 affordable housing units for homeless people.
De Blasio’s spokesman declined comment.
(AP)
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I’m not a fan of the mayor but he’s allowed to have a life too.
Good for the mayor. These activists are a bunch of privacy invading bullies.
The leftist communist got a taste of his own medicine!
Agreed…..let people you disagree with have a life. Restaurants, gyms etc are their private time and their space should be reflected.
It is wrong to interrupt him. He’s entitled to some private time like anyone else. He should have time set aside for the public to speak to him.
Yeah, in theory we should allow him some private time. Question is, how much time is he in fact available?
This nasty self serving liberal activisit picks up a homeless lady at random, like she’s some sort of object. Shleps her to the gym , ambushes hizzoner and spews some garbage and some free housing?? What chutzpah. Let theman have some private time.
How deBlasio was of the group encouraging those to confront Republican Senators and congressmen in public and as they spent time with their families.
Anyone who has been in the city sees how much worse the streets have become since deBlasio became mayor.
This is a long running issue and he does not respond to officer requests regarding that issue.
It was appropriate and deBlasio is a hypocritical coward.
To Basmelech1. Since elected officials are getting taxpayer money they are never on vacation especially in a gym constituents have a right to approach the Mayor & speak to him about any issue they have. Deblasio shyed away because he knew this homeless woman was right but since politically he is against it did not want o get confronted & looked for the easy way out.
I agree that the homeless people should have a roof over their head and a door to lock for privacy and safety, and I have the perfect place for them.
Toss those anti-semite, anti-American animals out of the U.N. building, take it back to American ownership, and convert the building to small apartments for the homeless. It may cost a chunk for the conversion but just think how much money New York and America would save by tossing those low-lifes out of the country. They hate us anyway. The only thing they like about America is illegal parking and the food.
let the guy have a few private moments on his own time….
Just following the last great President who said to “get in their faces!”
He said to confront red Cruz and republicans , but doesn’t like it himself
How ironic they would harass the Mayor in the gym. This Mayor has done MORE to help the homeless than any mayor in history.
He’s lucky it was only one person.
You see ,the GOP doesn’t have thugs like Maxine, Shumer, Robert Reich, Nadler, and Antifa to urge people to get in his face, harass him at restaurants, shut down streets in Portland, throw him out of cafes, harass his family.
He’s one very lucky Commie dirtbag.