Council hopeful blasts de Blasio over LIRR crash absence
John Quaglione says, ‘Bad move Mr. Mayor’
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s decision not to visit the scene of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) crash at the Atlantic Terminal on Jan. 4 has opened him up to a great deal of criticism and negative publicity in the wake of the accident.
One of the sharpest blasts came from Bay Ridge resident John Quaglione, a Republican-Conservative who is considering running a City Council seat this year.
Quaglione, who is deputy chief of staff to state Sen. Marty Golden (R-C-Bay Ridge-Southwest Brooklyn), was all over Twitter and Facebook in the aftermath of the derailment when it was reported by several media outlets that de Blasio was a no-show at the accident scene.