Louisville’s Mayor on What President Biden Means For Cities
Post-Trump, America’s mayors can look forward to all kinds of relief, according to Greg Fischer.
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer speaks with election officials on Nov. 3, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky.
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The U.S. Conference of Mayors prides itself on being a non-partisan organization; more than 1,400 city leaders, red and blue, convene regularly each year to decide what priorities to push on a national scale. Nevertheless, they’re embracing the White House’s shift in political hue as President Joe Biden takes over from Donald Trump, who sparred often, and very publicly, with the mayors of America.
“Six months ago, many cities in America were being threatened with being branded ‘anarchic cities,’ federal funds being withheld,” Greg Fischer, the mayor of Louisville and president of USCM, told Bloomberg CityLab. “Now the cities of America are part of the Biden transition effort.”