Five days before she is set to debate Mayor Bill de Blasio, Staten Island Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, the GOP mayoral candidate, asserted that quality of life is
declining under the mayor, speaking of worsening homelessness and mental illness crises.
Not exact matches
But dozens of Council members voted against it at the borough level, and even those who
declined to participate will be
under pressure from activists to vote against it — or will look to leverage their support for concessions from the
mayor on the plan or on issues specific to their districts.
He
declined, however, to say whether he would be willing to stay on as police commissioner
under a
mayor who appointed an inspector general.