What if speculation proves correct and Donald Trump decides against settling in Washington and maintains his principal residence in New YorkIJ
That’s the question the city’s mayor Bill de Blasio raised on Friday.Since his election last week, the real estate billionaire — who has always lived in New York — has hardly left Manhattan.
He has spent most of the time entrenched with his family and advisors in his Fifth Avenue building, Trump Tower, causing havoc in the heart of the country’s largest city due to his security detail and ongoing anti-Trump protests.
“We have never faced that situation before,” De Blasio told reporters.
Although he provided no concrete figures, De Blasio said security for the president-elect has been more formidable than during the annual UN General Assembly, which brings together dozens of world leaders. City authorities — who expect Trump to remain in Manhattan as the holidays approach — plan to reinforce security measures and traffic restrictions already in place around Trump Tower until his inauguration in Washington on January 20.