'BIZZARE UNFORCED ERRORS': NYC councilman blasts crackdown on coal, wood-fired pizzerias

ASHLEY: NEW YORK CITY HOUSING MORE MIGRANTS THAN HOMELESS NEW YORKERS, JOE BORELLI JOINS ME. DOESN'T SHOW THE CITY CARES MORE ABOUT MIGRANTS THAN ITS OWN PEOPLE? THAT'S ONE OF THE TAKE AWAYS, RIGHT? >> IT WILL BE MORE EVIDENT IN THE NEXT 3 OR 4 DAYS AS THE CITY PUBLISHES ITS BUDGET FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR AND NEW YORKERS FIND OUT, AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE HERE BECAUSE

OF CEMENTING OUR STATUS FOR THE REFUGEE CAMP. ASHLEY: THE HOMELESS ARE VETS, PEOPLE WHO SERVE THIS COUNTRY AND STILL OUT ON THE STREET AND SOMEONE CARESSES INTO THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY GETS PUT UP IN HOTEL. IN A HOTEL. IT'S UPSIDE DOWN WORLD, ISN'T IT? >> BEFORE THE MIGRANT CRISIS THE MAYOR TRYING TO PUSH OUT HOMELESS AND TRADES AND THIS WAS GOING WELL AND THERE ISN'T ENOUGH BEDS

TO CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM AS EVERY POSSIBLE BED IS TAKEN, THEY HAVE ANNOUNCED ANOTHER 500 UNIT STUDENT DORM FROM A COLLEGE THAT WILL HOUSE 500 FAMILIES. THERE IS NO OFFRAMP INSIGHTS, NO REASON TO BELIEVE THIS CRISIS ALLEVIATES ITSELF SOON. ASHLEY: TO CHANGE SUBJECTS, CONGESTION PRICING COMING TO NEW YORK CITY, THE CITY WOULD CHARGE DRIVERS TO ENTER LOWER MANHATTAN. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT PLAN? >> NO. WHAT

THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED HIS DRIVING IS BEST RESERVED FOR THE RICH. WE HAVE TO LOOK ACROSS THE POND TO YOUR NATIVE COUNTRY TO LOOK AT LONDON AND NOTICE IT IS MORE CONGESTED THAN NEW YORK CITY, 65% OF LONDONERS VOTED AGAINST EXPANDING THEIR VERSION OF CONGESTION. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WILL WORK. THE MDA DOCUMENTS SHOW IT WON'T REDUCE CONGESTION ANYWHERE, WHEN GENERATED ENOUGH REVENUE FOR THE MTA.

IT WILL HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE OR WHATEVER. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A TAX ON HARD-WORKING MIDDLE-CLASS PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE UNFORTUNATE NECESSITY OF NEEDING A CAR TO WORK. ASHLEY: SPEAKING OF LONDON YOU ARE RIGHT BUT STILL ABSOLUTELY JAMPACKED. I WANT TO GET TO THIS ISSUE THAT HAS GOTTEN A LOT OF PUSHBACK, THE CITY LOOKING TO CRACK DOWN ON PIZZERIAS THAT USE COAL-FIRED OVENS. THEY

WOULD HAVE TO CUT EMISSIONS BY 75% BASED ON THESE NEW RULES. GIVEN WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON IN THIS CITY, IS THIS WHAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON? >> THIS IS ONE OF THOSE BIZARRE UNFORCED ERRORS, THE CITY ADMINISTRATION STEPPING ON WACO WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO, THIS WILL HAVE NO IMPACT ON THE EARTH'S CLIMATE WHATSOEVER. THESE ARE COUPLE DOZEN PIZZERIAS. THIS AFFECTS MATZOH MAKING OVENS

AND JERK CHICKEN STANDS, ARGENTINE STEAKHOUSES, ALL SORTS OF GREAT ETHNIC RESTAURANTS THAT MAKE NEW YORK A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. ALL THESE WONDERFUL PLACES WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS EMISSION STANDARD. I BELIEVE THE MAYOR BACKS OFF THIS AND MAKES IT REINFORCED FOR BUSINESSES GOING FORWARD, NEW PLACES OPENING UP. ASHLEY: THESE POLICIES GO ON AND GET MORE RIDICULOUS AND THE VOTERS KEEP PUTTING THESE POLICYMAKERS IN OFFICE.

I DON'T GET IT. >> I DON'T GET IT EITHER. I WISH THEY WOUL