NYC Mayor Orders Citizens to Raise Thermostats to 78 Degrees

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So a lot happening today. Thoughts and prayers for all of you good people in New York City. So Mayor Zoran Mamdami.
Mayor Zoran is causing some big issues. And he promised the moon when he was elected as the first communist mayor of New York City. Mamdami promised all of you good people so many things there in the Big Apple and the five boroughs. Things like, for example, free bus fare, which who wouldn't want free bus fare, right? I mean, you got to you got to rifle around for change or dollar bills. And a lot of people may not have money. So they were going to do the whole they were going to do the whole free bus fare, all that kind of good stuff. Then Mamdami promised free childcare because, you know, it's hard to find a babysitter. Then you got to pay the babysitter. So why not force the good taxpaying citizens of New York to foot the bill for that? And he promised what free grocery store, well, not free grocery stores, government run grocery stores that would provide cheaper goods. So basically he was going to put the mom and pop businesses, the privately owned grocery stores out of business. He also promised to freeze rent, which by the way, he did do that. And man, that's going to be a big problem. And he also promised to tax the rich. So now we've got a mass exodus of millionaires and billionaires that are leaving New York City and they're going to states that have either no income tax at all or are more economically friendly to billionaires and millionaires. We can tell you that as of now, there is still no free bus fare in New York City. There's no free child care in New York City. The government run grocery stores, it will be years before they finally open. And as far as the rent controls being frozen, it is very well going to put a lot of people out of business and you're going to end up with a housing shortage in New York City. Because while the rent prices froze, the cost surrounding operating apartment buildings did not freeze. So the homeowners, the landlords, are going to be taking it up the wazoo here, thanks to Zoran Mamdami. And that brings me to the very latest, and this is a big one, because I love air conditioning. I mean, this is why I live in the South. Without air conditioning, the South would be really an oppressive place to live. But God bless, God bless air conditioning. And Mayor Mamdami announced yesterday that every citizen in New York has expected to raise their thermostat to 78 degrees.
Dylan, you're laughing.

**Dylan** (4:34)
That would be my last reason. That would be my like thirteenth reason right there. I would be gone.

**Todd Starnes** (4:39)
I'd be out of there.

**Dylan** (4:41)
I don't know how hot it gets in New York. You definitely know more than me, but like if it was like here, no, that's terrible.

**Todd Starnes** (4:47)
You see, it's worse than hot. It's just smells. So the city takes on a very peculiar odor right around July and August. And it's, you know, the rotting food and garbage and the stuff coming out of the sewers and the subway is nasty.
It's just terrible. And so you do have to have air conditioning. Here's the problem. Most of the older apartments, they only have the window units. So that only cools you to a certain extent.
That's a big problem. So as far as having central heat and air, only the newer buildings or the apartment buildings would have it. And there's no way, absolutely no way. It would be 68 degrees. As a matter of fact, I hope every Republican in New York City has their thermostat set at 68 or 69 degrees, which, by the way, it's always 69 degrees here in the broadcast studio.