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Cuomo to NYC: Eat My Dust, Plebes

4:28 PM EDT on July 23, 2015

“If you think that’s going to close the gap and that’s going to pass, then I think you’re going to be sorely disappointed once again,” Cuomo said.

Here, let us fix that for you...

"If you think I'm going to lift a finger to help New York City without getting something major in return, then I think you're going to be sorely disappointed once again," Cuomo said, before stomping the gas pedal of his cobalt blue Corvette and speeding off into the distance, engine roaring.

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Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York'’s dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

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