In the next step, the City of New York has a say because it owns Citi Field and the land it sits on. John Samuelsen is president of the Transport Workers Union, which represents 150,000 workers including about 46,000 New York bus and subway worker. “How typical of the sheer and utter disaster de Blasio is as NYC’s Mayor?”TWU’s New York City membership includes both Mets and Yankee fans, Samuelsen said in an interview. He is one of the few people who can bring Mets and Yankees fans together on the issue of baseball. “What matters is that we have a responsibility to New York City,” De Blasio said, according to the newspaper.

Source: Forbes October 30, 2020 14:16 UTC