{"id":45011,"date":"2021-01-01T17:31:46","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T21:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=45011"},"modified":"2021-01-01T17:32:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T21:32:21","slug":"nyc-mayor-bill-de-blasio-torched-for-dancing-during-nye-celebrations-after-turning-new-york-into-a-wasteland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=45011","title":{"rendered":"NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio torched for dancing during NYE celebrations after &#8216;turning New York into a wasteland&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;Get it together! Do something with this city!&#8217;: Andy Cohen leads critics tearing into Bill de Blasio for dancing during NYE celebrations after &#8216;turning New York into a wasteland&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><b>Andy Cohen blasted Mayor Bill de Blasio for dancing on New Year&#8217;s Eve in a drunken, on-air rant\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><b>The television host demanded he &#8216;get it together&#8217; and &#8216;do something&#8217; for the city following a tumultuous year\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><b>Millions of people rung in the New Year from home as they watched New York&#8217;s ball drop on television\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><b>Mayor Bill de Blasio was seen pushing the button to start the crystal ball&#8217;s descent alongside his wife\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><b>De Blasio then danced into the new year with his wife Chirlane McCray on a stage prepared for the event\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><b>Members of the public were prohibited from gathering in Times Square to celebrate for first time in history<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><b>Famous Times Square ball drop went forward with performances, but people had to watch them from home<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><b>Despite being prohibited from gathering in Times Square, a few dozen people were seen near area Thursday<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><b>Photos showed many wearing masks, posing for photos and sporting 2021 decorative hats and glasses<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><b>The new year will be celebrated differently all across the world as the COVID-19 pandemic continues\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By KAREN RUIZ and VALERIE EDWARDS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Andy Cohen blasted Bill de Blasio in a drunken on-air rant on New Year&#8217;s Eve after the embattled mayor was seen dancing and celebrating in New York City as he bid farewell to a tumultuous year for the Big Apple.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Cohen joined CNN&#8217;s Anderson Cooper on Thursday night in hosting the network&#8217;s live coverage of the annual ball drop in Times Square, where only a handful of guests were invited this year due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Just before the clock struck at midnight, de Blasio was seen pushing the button to start the crystal ball&#8217;s descent as his wife, Chirlane McCray stood by his side. The pair were then seen onstage dancing into the new year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But the mayor&#8217;s celebratory dance didn&#8217;t sit well with Cohen, who knocked back tequila shots with Cooper before slamming de Blasio over his leadership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;That&#8217;s how I felt when I saw Mayor de Blasio dancing just now,&#8217; Cohen said as Cooper grimaced from the shot. &#8216;I did not need to see that at the beginning of 2021.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He then addressed de Blasio directly on television, shouting: &#8216;Do something with this city! Honestly, get it together!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9104051\/Andy-Cohen-leads-hoards-critics-tearing-Bill-Blasio-dancing-NYE.html\">https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9104051\/Andy-Cohen-leads-hoards-critics-tearing-Bill-Blasio-dancing-NYE.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}