Questions during the off topic portion of the press Q&A included the NYPD's proposed expansion of it's use of tasers, a fine levied by the Campaign Finance
Board against de Blasio ally and pro-carriage horse ban advocate NYCLASS, de Blasio's recent comments on the City's long drop in crime being attributable to former mayor David Dinkins and former city council speaker Peter Vallone Sr., a city council proposal to allow filing in City Council district offices of NYPD - related complaints with the Civilian Complaint Review
Board, the proposed bill which would ban carriage horses and resulting
loss of
jobs, an attempt by a staff member of the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor to goad the mayor into agreeing to appear on that show, a possible tax on non-resident apartment owners, the mayor's planned meeting tonight with Jewish community leaders in Crown Heights and whether the mayor has concerns
about the «secrecy» of the NYPD's disciplinary process.
«When we're talking
about cuts of this scale, over this short a timescale, we're inevitably going to be talking
about job losses, which will mean rising unemployment, increased benefit payments, reduced tax revenue and a real risk of a double - dip recession,» she said The government expects to save up to # 120m this year by freezing recruitment across the
board in government departments, agencies, and quangos.