Nearing the midpoint of his term, Mayor Bill de Blasio is confronting a city that is deeply divided about his ability to lead, with his efforts to create a more liberal New York overshadowed by growing worries about homelessness and crime, a new poll finds.Comrade de Blasio needs/wants more immigrants to puff up his numbers and drive out white people.
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Nowhere is that concern more visible than among a group, long cool to Mr. de Blasio, that he has now decisively lost: whites.
Just 28 percent of white New Yorkers approve of the Democratic mayor’s performance, and 59 percent now disapprove, up sharply from the start of his term, according to a citywide poll conducted by The New York Times and Siena College. Nearly half say that the city is a worse place to live under his watch — only 9 percent say it is better — and 51 percent say New York is now less safe, even as crime statistics reach historic lows.
Over all, 52 percent of New Yorkers say the city is on the wrong track, including 62 percent of whites and 51 percent of Hispanics. Black residents are evenly split.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Mayor de Blasio Has Lost Support of White New Yorkers, Poll Finds
The New York Times reports: