New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was confronted by angry citizens, on Saturday, while visiting a neighborhood in Rockaway, Queens that had been ravaged by Hurricane Sandy.
One woman yelled: "When are we going to get some f****** help?"
An angry man told Mayor Bloomberg: "There's old ladies in my building that don't got nothing. Mr. Bloomberg, this is the first drop off site. Over the bridge we can't get a bottle of water, a hot chocolate, a coffee, nothing."
The confrontations were recorded by NY 1 TV, who happened to be in the neighborhood, reports the Daily Mail.
Mayor Bloomberg told the angry citizens: "You know, we're trying to do it as fast as we can."
He told WCBS-TV that he regretted canceling he New York Marathon: "I still think that we had the resources to do both, and that we want people to be able to take a break and that sort of thing. ... It's a big part of our economy."
Comment: The Mayor still cannot understand why thousands of frustrated, hungry people might be angry over a decision to put a marathon and "the economy" over their needs. The marathon was only canceled at the last minute because of "bad press" - certainly not because of any consideration for the suffering of the populace.