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 Talk of politics, naturally, leads to talk of the political climate in New York City. Baldwin’s voice is calm but compelling. “We have a Republican mayor—who’s really not a Republican, I guess he said he was a Republican because it was convenient for him, but we’re really not sure what he is, on any level . . . He’s a mayor of a Democratic city on a five to one basis, who wouldn’t let them have a protest in Central Park. Bloomberg should be deeply, deeply ashamed of that decision. It was a horrible, horrible decision.” His New Yorker pride is on full display as he continues: “This is not like California, where people sit back idly and don’t get involved. This is why I live here. People in New York care more. Santa Monica Bay is as contaminated as you can possibly imagine over the past twenty years, but the average Californian doesn’t go to the beach—it’s about private homes, and pools, and private ownership. The average Californian is not fundamentally interested on what happens on a community basis. Whereas in New York, when medical waste washes up on the shores of New Jersey, it’s on the front page of the Daily News and everybody’s head pops off. People go nuts here when the beaches are contaminated and the beaches close. New Yorkers care. And political exercise is just a quotidian reality for New Yorkers. So for Bloomberg to say we’re not going to have a political protest in New York—that we’re going to mess up the grass—you gotta be kidding me. What an idiotic, ignorant thing to say.” The hotel room door opens, and Baldwin is interrupted by his PR rep, who tells him that time’s up. Baldwin looks at us, looks at the rep, and asks him, “I thought we had fifteen minutes?” The rep looks at his watch. “It’s been fifteen.” “We’ll do this a little longer,” Baldwin says, smiling at us. He picks up where he left off. “But you know, the Republican Mayor and the Republican Governor haven’t done anything for us. I don’t know why New York has less juice in Washington than ever. The difference between the outflow of federal dollars from New York state and the inflow of federal dollars to New York state is about $30 billion dollars. New York gives $30 billion more than it gets back. You should check those figures, because maybe ... |
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