September 25, 2013
While accepting the
endorsement today of the Uniformed Firefighters Association union, he
fondly--and in considerable detail--recounted his 2003 fight to keep
firehouses Engine 204 from closing and claimed to have prevented future
firehouse closures. What Mr. de Blasio failed to mention in his remarks
today was his position four years later, where he called the closure of
the very same firehouse and the closing of another Brooklyn firehouse
“fair and balanced.”
“Mr. de Blasio’s
revisionist history is becoming a pattern in this campaign. The
inconsistencies of his positions and remarks are increasingly troubling
and raising serious issues about what voters can trust.” --Jessica Proud, campaign spokeswoman
Bill de Blasio today: “Starting
with the fight in 2003 to save the firehouse in the district I
represent down in the city council… Engine 204 in Cobble Hill. That
fight to me just for the point of reference, that was the first time I
was arrested on a municipal issue in this city. That fight for me
really was crucial because we stood up, gave our residents and the men
and women who do the work, all of us stood shoulder to shoulder. You
know that year we lost a few firehouses, but we didn’t lose them again
after that. And I think its no small measure due to the incredible
fight that people put up in neighborhoods that were affected all over
the city. And then when the cuts were proposed year in and year out we
kept coming back stronger every year.”
But, on May 16, 2007, a Daily News headline read: FIREHOUSE ACCORD STRUCK. Engine 204 to be leased, Engine 212 sold; 'Fair and balanced outcome,' de Blasio sez
"This is a fair and balanced outcome," Councilman Bill de Blasio said at City Hall.
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