It’s a typically acerbic New York City political ploy, the suggestion that the New York Mets rename their new ballpark Citi/Taxpayer Field in recognition of those who will ultimately foot the bill for Citigroup’s bailout.
But there is more than a little irony in the suggestion from Staten Island Republicans Vincent Ignizio and James Oddo, considering the construction bill that New York City – and state – taxpayers were already going to pay for infrastructure costs tied to the Mets’ and Yankees’ new fields of greenback dreams.
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