Street slaps dead man in face (and it’s not Ron White)

Before he died, longtime city councilman David Cohen authored a bill that will give the working poor a wage tax cut. John Street (at left, apparently at a prom) vetoed the bill, saying it was a good idea but cost too much — $47 million. City Council said, “Screw you, Mr. Mayor,” and overrode his veto.

End of story, it seemed, until Cohen’s death gave John Street the best idea he’s had since he tried to get that retarded kid who works at the Franklin Mills movies fired: Hey, let’s speak at the man’s funeral and then go home and then try to repeal his tax cut.

Or at least that’s how some see it: “You go to the man’s funeral, speak a bunch of platitudes about how he helped the poor and in your next budget you want to reject his crowning legislative achievement. How cold is that?” Councilman James Kenney told the Daily News. “This is a personal dismantling of a colleague’s legacy, and it’s smacking David Cohen in the grave.”

Me-ow. You go, James Kenney. But, really, is anyone really all that surprised? It’s politics as usual in this city.

Street’s proposal to kill tax cut for poor called ‘cold,’ angers Council [DN]