Bill de Blasio takes credit for fossil fuel disinvestment plan

5 years ago
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Take city Comptroller Scott Stringer's efforts to reportedly rid the city's pension funds of all fossil fuel investments. During his State of the City speech in January, the mayor took full credit for Stringer's work and effort, and much to the surprise of those who knew the full story.

"We're divesting $5 billion of our workers' hard-earned retirement savings, taking that $5 billion out of the fossil fuel companies that are destroying this planet," de Blasio said. "And we're putting billions where it belongs – into renewable energy that will save us all."

By "we," he essentially meant "me."

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