Warring for Caribbean-American votes with mayoral rival Bill de Blasio, Bill Thompson spoke extensively about his own Caribbean roots in front of a packed Brooklyn ballroom this morning.
The candidate’s “Caribbean Americans for Thompson” effort, aimed at tapping into crucial black votes in central and eastern Brooklyn, struck a more populist tone than he typically wields–at one point even borrowing candidate Jimmy McMillan’s famous catchphrase.
“I’m gonna steal a line from somebody: the rent is too darn high,” declared Mr. Thompson. “We’re being pushed out of our neighborhoods all across the city, priced out of our neighborhoods … The rents keep going up, those of us who made our community strong, who stayed, aren’t able to live there any longer.”
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