Gloves On Gloves Off # 2 on “Main Street vs Wall Street”, Immigration, Isolation and the New Political Class. Hosts Mayor Richard Thomas and Firehouse Father Gassie discuss: (1) coronavirus impacts on immigration; (2) opening the economy with shut borders; (3) who is getting bailed out or thrown out…

<iframe width=”560" height=”315" src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/IuSIosMJXxI" frameborder=”0" allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture” allowfullscreen></iframe> The Coronavirus attacked our health and put the global economy on life support. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell responded requests for more state funding by saying, “Maybe states should declare bankruptcy?” To which New York Governor Andrew Cuomo…

“The Big Fight” is a blog and vlog on the various fights we have to make life better. The coronavirus has changed life as we know it and we are all in this “Big Fight” to defeat #COVID19 for a better life right now. In this update, I offer…

CoronaVirus is revealing the best and worst in us. It is amplifying how real the reality of rich and poor really is. How the powerful get…

Photo Credit CNN via story link: https://www.cnn.com/…/trump-impeachment-trial-re…/index.html I was watching the closing arguments of impeachment of President Donald Trump yesterday. And I could not be more proud of Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Rep. Adam Schiff for making a compelling case; however, we all know it is not going to happen…

What is going on with Mount Vernon’s money? Why is everyone afraid to hold the Comptroller accountable? Listening to Jerry Kremer, I tried quiet appeasement for many months… then slowly but surely escalated matters into court with the support of the City Council. And won in court!!! But politics prevented…

December 23, 2019 at 6:40 PM OFFICIAL COMMENT BY FORMER MAYOR RICHARD THOMAS This is another personal attack by Andre Wallace and his drug kingpin cronies. On the merits of pending litigation that I have not seen nor have been served with, under advice of counsel, I cannot comment at…

The below remarks were delivered on September 10, 2019, at the “New York State Public Campaign Finance Commission” hearing at Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) 199 Chambers Street Manhattan, NY. Former Mayor Richard Thomas advocated for New York campaign finance reforms to also require the New York Office of…

Connecting the Dots on the Political Conspiracy Against Mayor Richard Thomas: Dig Deeper Into County Waste For years, previous administrations would mix in private carter trash with city trash and take kickbacks — case and point, Memorial Field. When I became Mayor, I worked to stop that bad practice, among…