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Nov 6, 2013 · Heading to New York City Hall, a Liberal Accustomed to Exceeding Expectations. Bill de Blasio, who was elected to become the first Democratic mayor of New York City in 20 years, will...
After returning from Nicaragua, de Blasio moved to New York City, where he worked for a nonprofit organization focused on improving health care in Central America.
Mar 27, 2020 · “The de Blasio administration is prepared for the likelihood of the novel coronavirus in New York City,” Dr. Raul Perea-Henze, the city’s deputy mayor for health and human services, said on...
- Tackling Inequality
- Fumbling Politics
- Police Relations
De Blasio vowed to “take dead aim” at New York’s wealth gap. He ballooned the budget from nearly $73 billion when he took office to more than $102 billion todayto expand city services. He availed every 4-year-old of pre-K, albeit without a wealth tax, which was denied to him by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo — his nemesis who resigned amid scandal over t...
De Blasio’s near-singular focus on his mission helped him win reelection in 2017 despite multi-year investigations into his campaign finance practices that belied his soaring rhetoric about reforming the system. But he fumbled in an arena he once dominated. A campaign-operative-turned-candidate, the mayor never quite got his footing as he grappled ...
De Blasio’s relations with the NYPD, which can make or break a mayoralty, started off tense and worsened over time. He made good on his campaign promise to reduce stop-and-frisk — a tactic that was found to be employed unconstitutionally under former Mayor Mike Bloomberg. And for most of his tenure, violent crime fell before rising during the pande...
Dec 30, 2021 · De Blasio preserved or started building more than 200,000 affordable homes, far exceeding the totals of his predecessors, when working-class and poor New Yorkers struggled to find housing....
Jun 13, 2024 · Bill de Blasio, American Democratic politician who was mayor of New York City from 2014 to 2021. He also served as Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager for her successful senatorial run in 2000 and as a New York City councillor (2002–09). Learn more about de Blasio’s life and career.
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Apr 6, 2020 · April 6, 2020. Bill de Blasio has long been spoiling for a fight, just not the one now before him and his city. When he became the 109th mayor of New York, on a colorless winter day in 2014, he...
