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Dec 1, 2021 · “It says more about de Blasio and the general state of the Democratic Party under the influence of the far left than anything specific to Sliwa or Adams,” City Council Minority Leader Joe Borelli (R-Staten Island) told THE CITY in a statement.
Dec 29, 2021 · Within New York’s vast public housing complexes, de Blasio’s administration has spurred a vast physical makeover nearly invisible to those outside their walls.
- 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 31, 2021 · De Blasio, a former aide in Dinkins’ City Hall, pledged a progressive correction to the 20 years of Giuliani and Bloomberg rule that were marked by aggressive “broken windows” policing, friendliness to big business and real estate developers, and streaks of liberal governance in a city that has grown more and more diverse and Democratic over time.
Dec 23, 2021 · De Blasio’s campaign for mayor that year was built around “a tale of two cities” — the inequality that increasingly divided New York along the fault lines of fabulous wealth and grinding...
Dec 22, 2021 · Mr. de Blasio added more than 500 acres of new parkland, but his signature effort to improve park access has been to commit $743 million to renovate dozens of long neglected community parks.
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Nov 6, 2013 · Bill de Blasio, who was elected to become the first Democratic mayor of New York City in 20 years, will have a far grander stage on which to test the liberal worldview that has been the...
