Mayor Bill de Blasio slapped back at city Comptroller Scott Stringer — the man discontented business interests hope to recruit to challenge him in next year's Democratic primary — for his critiques yesterday of the mayor's key initiatives to combat income inequality, including of
his signature affordable housing plan.
Creating more
affordable housing is a
signature issue for the mayor determined to make New York City more equal, and de Blasio's administration is now prepared to devise a new strategy to regain momentum and secure support for a
plan they believe has been poorly understood.