Blasting ‘anarchist’ li$t
New York’s Democratic leaders Monday trashed President Trump after the Justice Department placed the Big Apple on a list of “anarchist jurisdictions” eligible to lose federal funds — with Mayor de Blasio claiming the decision was “all about race.”
Responding to the news that New York has been designated an “anarchist jurisdiction” by the DOJ, as first reported by The Post, de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo said the threat to yank funds from New York was a shameless move by Trump to boost his re-election campaign, rather than a sincere effort to discourage cities from tolerating violent protests.
“It’s all about race and it’s all about attempts to divide and to enthrall his base by attacking ‘the other,’ ” de Blasio said.
“This is what this guy does — it’s the only trick in his book.”
Cuomo told reporters the move was “a continuation of [Trump’s] political theme” of being a “lawand-order candidate.”
“When you try to manipulate and distort government agencies to play politics, which is what the Trump administration has done from Day One. It’s what the SALT taxes were — just taking from Democratic states to give to Republicans,” Cuomo said of the cap on of state and local taxes as an itemized deduction. “It’s what the Trusted Traveler program was . . . This is more of the same.”
New York City made the list in part because the City Council approved a budget in July that trimmed or transferred to other departments nearly $1 billion from the NYPD.