Nobody likes banning stuff the way New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio likes banning stuff, especially when it comes to helping AOC and others get their Green New Deal rolling on a local level. How’s that going to happen? De Blasio will start with an effort to put a stop to that which has in part helped make Manhattan famous:

.@NYCMayor on the city passing a municipal "Green New Deal": "We are going to ban the classic glass and steel skyscrapers, which are incredibly inefficient." pic.twitter.com/XtYNvMRCt0 — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) April 22, 2019

Ban skyscrapers? Yeah, that’s what he said:

De Blasio says New York is banning "classic" skyscrapers: "We're going to ban the classic glass and steel skyscrapers, which are incredibly inefficient. If someone wants to build one of those things, they can take a whole lot of steps to make it energy efficient." pic.twitter.com/aEHNSOxXuk — David Rutz (@DavidRutz) April 22, 2019

He’s from the government and he’s here to “help”!

Oh, nothing to see here, just the mayor of <checks notes> NEW YORK CITY threatening to ban skyscrapers. #GreenNewDeal https://t.co/SEg4AveqkH — John Cooper (@thejcoop) April 22, 2019

To Bill de Blasio, there’s nothing that isn’t worth banning, with the exceptions of bureaucratic overreach and counterproductive, horrible ideas.

They can’t help themselves…. they will destroy it all in the name of being “woke” — John Boy MacKenzie (@landho69) April 22, 2019

New plans for New York City pic.twitter.com/jbbOLFVe0A — chris d (@crsmik1) April 22, 2019

Here come the log cabin style skyscrapers. — Cheryl VanOrt ✝️ (@FocusCheryl) April 22, 2019

"We will build them with plastic straws!" https://t.co/GVBnZNYzua — Bob ن (@BobHicks_) April 22, 2019

So does that mean the mayor is OK with building skyscrapers out of wood or recycled plastic? *Eye roll*

"We are going to ban the classic glass and steel skyscrapers" We are going to build them out of mud and thatch instead. And then power them with candy canes and gumdrops. And everyone who comes to NYC to visit gets a Unicorn. — Wake me in 2020… (@Next__Pope) April 22, 2019

Is this The Onion? — Joshua Wilcox (@thatwilcoxguy) April 22, 2019

Every time you think they can’t get any crazier. Incredible. https://t.co/SHha4usNvz — Au❌ti❌ S❌hro❌der (@aschroeder_13) April 22, 2019

They must really want Trump to win again lol — Easter worshipper (@Primary_Debate) April 22, 2019

And it continually shows! But maybe de Blasio’s “clean skyscraper” goals have more to do with offsetting his own behavior:

De Blasio, asked about taking his motorcade from the UES to Brooklyn every AM for a workout, defends himself by saying he's offsetting the emissions via larger city reductions. (This is the same defense @MikeBloomberg used re flying his private jet to the Bahamas every wknd) pic.twitter.com/cQxTULEPpK — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) April 22, 2019

Out: Planting trees as personal offsets. In: Banning glass and steel skyscrapers as personal offsets.