City Councilman Bob Holden has filed an ethics complaint against Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz over an expletive-laden tirade she allegedly phoned into his office after a City Council hearing two weeks ago.
The battle royale between the two Queens pols began during a Council committee hearing focused on health care in which Cruz criticized private hospitals by saying they “allegedly” save lives.
“These corporations that we call hospitals have chosen to make money out of health care, have chosen to make money out of allegedly saving lives,” Cruz said at the time. “And yes, they’re saving the lives, but I say ‘allegedly’ because when you get a $200,000 bill that you have to pay, or when you have to choose between a world-renowned doctor at one hospital versus a decent doctor at another one, you’re playing with your health care. You’re playing with your life.”
Holden and David Rich, an executive director at the Greater New York Hospital Association, both pushed back on Cruz’s remarks during the hearing, which was held over Zoom, but the difference of opinion then escalated on social media and during a phone call Cruz made to Holden’s office after the hearing.
According to Holden’s chief of staff, Daniel Kurzyna, the assemblywoman called to chew his boss out over a Facebook post he made about the hearing, but since Holden wasn’t available, Kurzyna fielded the call.
“He better take it [the Facebook post] down in five minutes, or it’s a f---ing war,” Cruz said, according to a memo from Kurzyna obtained by the Daily News. “If he wants f---ing war, I’ll give him war.”
Immediately after the call, Kurzyna said he drafted the memo to Holden while the exchange was still fresh in his head.
In it, he wrote that he “attempted to interject” to tell her that “her tone and use of expletives was unnecessary,” but that she told him to “be quiet; it’s my time to speak.”
“She then continued on the tirade, saying that she would put you ‘on blast’ and that she ‘can make it about race… about it being a woman,’” he continued. “The assembly member insinuated she would use her race and gender as a way to blackmail you and pressure you to take down the social media post.”
23 comments:
Women shouldn't be allowed in political office, full stop.
Prove me wrong!
Hearing a NYC DeMoRaT liberal cry about their "Woke" entitlement is precious !
All this coming from a "Former" undocumented immigrant. LOL...
Identity politics is an utter cesspool.
So, good ole Bobby Holden is getting kickbacks from private hospitals? Nice one Bob. No wonder a five minute emergency room check costs $10,000. Bob and a few other crooked politicians need to get their cut.
The Un-Original Prove me wrong ...
Yawn. She must be from the X. It’s so bad they threw away B, R, O & N.
Is this what they mean by a Wise Latina?
Bob Holden is doing a good job that's why "They" are after him.
Prove me wrong !
@“ Women shouldn't be allowed in political office, full stop. ”
I guess it’s only ok for male politicians to yell and scream profanities. This wouldn’t be news if it was dome guy doing the same.
So, good ole Bobby Holden is getting kickbacks from private hospitals?
No wonder a five minute emergency room check costs $10,000. Bob and a few other crooked politicians need to get their cut.
Private hospitals vs. what? Nationalized hospitals? Federal hospitals?
Emergency room fees are expensive as long as I can remember.
Now you see the connection between crooked politicians and the medical establishment, let's talk about what is Pfizer getting?
Like consultants, ex employees on the FDA approval board???
The Un-Original Prove me wrong ...
You need to be put in a mental asylum storage.
Claws are out ! LOL...
We need to go back to the Board of Estimate and #DEFUNDTHECITYCOUNCIL !
So, good ole Bobby Holden is getting kickbacks from private hospitals? Nice one Bob. No wonder a five minute emergency room check costs $10,000. Bob and a few other crooked politicians need to get their cut.
The Un-Original Prove me wrong ...
Still, mild stuff compared to the Dems mild stuff indeed!
This situation is a mess.
Bob Holden was clearly taking a pot shot at her. It was completely unnecessary and he knows better.
However, her response was very low class.
Talking about “war,” bullying a staff member and throwing identity politics into it the mix is childish and unbecoming of a woman in her 30s.
Holden and Cruz both look small. There is no winner in this tiff.
This situation is a mess.
Bob Holden was clearly taking a pot shot at her. It was completely unnecessary and he knows better.
However, her response was very disappointing.
Talking about “war,” bullying a staff member and throwing identity politics into it the mix is childish and unbecoming of a woman in her 30s.
Holden and Cruz both look small. There is no winner in this tiff.
Both Moron's
Leave NYC.
That's why it's called a pi$$ing contest - no one comes out of it a winner or smelling like a rose. As the more seasoned, mature politician, Holden shouldn't have baited her, so he got what he wanted.
By the reaction from Cruz, I see that you can take the woman out of the Bronx, but not the Bronx out of the woman.
It's not like he said It Takes 2 women to do 1 man’s job... Lol
Is she wearing a Clinton Moo Moo Dress ? #NUTRISYSTEM
Looks Backhander Bobbie is Cruz'in for a Brus'in.
Oops! Looks like I stumbled upon a whole nest of Incel's here. I'm outta here.
Two fools voted in by more fools!
To last Anonymous who correctly said:
❝Two fools voted in by more fools.❞
❝Voting gives consent to profound, political criminals to continue to fleece all of you politically indoctrinated 'SHEEPLE' like human cattle——ALL the way to the bloody red gates of the abattoir. You DO NOT have to be livestock for criminals and archaic, party-machine-failed cults AND government-entrenched Mafia crime family rings. Nobody ever CHANGED the MAFIA—by JOINING IT!❞ ——Anonymous
❝Voting has become a farce, if indeed it was ever anything else. By voting, the people decide only which of the oligarchs pre-selected for them as viable candidates will wield the whip used to flog them and will command the legion of willing accomplices who perpetrate the countless violations of the people's natural rights.❞ —―Robert Higgs
❝Voting is not an act of political freedom. It is an act of political conformity. Those who refuse to vote are not expressing silence. They are screaming in the politician's ear: 'You do not represent me. This is not a process in which my voice matters. I do not believe you.'❞ ——Wendy McElroy
❝The political system, as many Bernie Sanders supporters are about to discover, is immune to reform. The only effective resistance will be achieved through acts of sustained, mass civil disobedience. the Democrats, like the Republicans, have no intention of halting the assault on our civil liberties, the expansion of imperial wars, the coddling of Wall Street, the destruction of the ecosystem by the fossil fuel industry and the impoverishment of workers. As long as the Democrats and the Republicans remain in power, we are doomed.❞ ——Chris Hedges
❝Laws are created to be followed by the poor. Laws are created by the rich to bring some order to exploitation of the poor. The poor are the only law-abiders in history. When the poor make laws—the rich will be no more.❞ ——Roque Dalton García (1974)
❝The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way——and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.❞ ——Frank Zappa
❝It’s ridiculous to talk about freedom in a society dominated by huge corporations. What kind of freedom is there inside a corporation? They’re totalitarian institutions——you take orders from above, and maybe give them to people below you. There’s about as much freedom as under Stalinism.❞ ——Noam Chomsky
❝Alas, mental slavery is the worst form of slavery. It gives one the illusion of freedom, makes one trust, love and defend one's oppressor, while making an enemy of those whom are trying to free you—and to open your eyes!❞ ——Anonymous
❝American government is corrupt. Those who have enough money can almost get anything they want from our government, whether it is tax breaks or subsidies, or laws changed, removed or added.❞ ——Dr. Ravi Batra, 'The New Golden Age'
❝No matter how paranoid or conspiracy-minded you are, what the government is actually doing is worse than you imagine.❞ ——William Blum, 'Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower'
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