A few weeks ago, Kathryn Wilde, the usually consensus-oriented chair of the New York City Partnership, did something completely out of character and completely reckless, according to some business leaders.
That means Wilde's group is supposed to defend the city's biggest banks and real estate companies, but it plans to support Letitia James for mayor if Eric Adams resigns amid multiple criminal investigations and indictments. It seems like
Yes, New York Attorney General Letitia James, who supports taxing New York state's wealth and job creators and is part of Albany's leftist Democratic establishment elite. And yes, it's that Tish James who, armed with her office, filed a Nothing Burger lawsuit against Donald Trump for lying on loan applications that he repaid.
The consensus is that if she can go after Trump for so little, what's to stop her from milking the big banks out of billions?
Therefore, the embarrassment is Wilde's words in the New York Times: “Even if the mayor does not run for re-election, she (James) could be the consensus candidate supported by business and labor.”
Well, it might be labor, but it's certainly not the industry I'm talking about.
“Members of New York City's business community may want Tish James to be mayor, but that's not how this city works,” said one person. Another: “This person (James) tried to destroy Trump rather than pursue real issues like why drugstore toothpaste is locked behind partitions.” And another: One said: “Horrible… I'm glad I let my membership lapse.”
I asked Wilde why she thought it wise to make such a statement, since she is, after all, a representative of the business world. She replied: “That is an observation, not an endorsement.”
Please convey that to the members.
