New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife were heckled by locals as they walked through Prospect Park in Brooklyn over the weekend, despite living 11 miles away in Manhattan.
De Blasio was filmed strolling with his wife Chirlane McCray, both of whom were wearing masks, through the historic park on Saturday afternoon.
New Yorker Darren Goldner took video of the moment he scolded the Mayor for forcing an entourage of four SUV security vehicles to drive his family to the park for a nonessential recreational walk in a completely different borough.
‘Seriously, you guys have a park. You live in park. You don’t need to non-essentially travel to Brooklyn. Come on you won’t even open roads for people of all backgrounds. I’m not going to give it a break. This is selfish behavior,’ Goldner said.
Critics noted that De Blasio lives in the Gracie Mansion, the designated residence of New York mayors, on the Upper East Side inside Carl Schurz Park.
De Blasio was seen waving his hand dismissively towards the camera as he walked away from his angry constituent saying, ‘Come on guys, give it a break’.
‘This is so terribly selfish. You call yourself a progressive but you chauffeur yourself to Brooklyn you force people to drive you. This is ridiculous. This is the epitome of nonessential travel,’ Goldner continued.
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