Obama did the same thing, closing access to the White House long after his excuse of the shutdown stopped. He had to be shamed into restarting it. Must be something about those progressives, the “people’s house” isn’t the “people’s house” unless they say it is
Via NY Post:
Gracie Mansion might be dubbed the “People’s House” — but the only folks enjoying the taxpayer-owned landmark these days are the de Blasios.
No public tours have been allowed at the circa-1799 Upper East Side manse since Hizzoner and family moved in nearly six months ago.
The red carpet has remained rolled up despite promises in June, when the de Blasios began moving from their Park Slope home to the new digs, that tours would resume in September after they were settled.
“What’s he hiding? Why is he not letting people in?” wondered neighbor Rose Rafferty, 75.
“We do pay his salary and it’s not his house,” she fumed. “It’s a shame he’s not opening it up for the adults that elected him and more for the children of the adults that elected him.”
The latest revelation comes after The Post reported the mayor ordered the installation, without permits, of a 10-foot-tall fence inside a 6-foot-high brick wall to keep the public’s prying eyes from his yard. City Hall said the barrier was for security reasons.