Text of Bill de Blasio’s Inauguration Speech. Continue reading the main story Video The following is the complete text of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s inaugural address, as prepared for delivery.
Thank you, President Clinton, for your kind words. It was an honor to serve in your administration, and we’re all honored by your presence. I have to note that, over 20 years ago, when a conservative philosophy seemed dominant, you broke through – and told us to still believe in a place called Hope. Thank you, Secretary Clinton. De Blasio’s Daughter Reveals Substance Abuse. How de Blasio Turned Conventional Wisdom on Its Head - Graphic. Leading Democrats, de Blasio Has Broad Support as Primary Nears. Democratic Voters on the Candidates - Interactive Graphic. Obstacles Seen for de Blasio’s Preschools Plan. Mayoral Rivals in 2-Way Fight for Black Vote. But two weeks from the hotly contested primary election, Mr.
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A die-hard fan of the Boston Red Sox, the kind of enthusiast reviled across the five boroughs, could soon rule the city. Bill de Blasio, the city’s public advocate and a leading Democratic contender for mayor, has a confession: He is a Red Sox fan, tried and true. He was raised in Cambridge, Mass., becoming a devotee of the Red Sox at 6, and he is unabashed in his disdain for anything having to do with that team from the Bronx. “I have my loyalty to the team of my youth,” he said in an interview, calling his tie to the Red Sox a “deep devotion.” Three weeks before a citywide primary, and suddenly tied for the lead in the Democratic race, Mr. de Blasio is handling his Red Sox attachment gingerly, confirming it in interviews but refraining from indulging in any trash talk about the Yankees. Another opponent, Sal F. When Mr. Bill de Blasio proud of his marriage with former lesbian.
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Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and his wife say they’re proud of their marriage — and of her past as an outspoken lesbian. The mayoral hopeful and his wife, Chirlane McCray, spoke out in a series of TV interviews in the wake of revelations that McCray identified as a lesbian in the 1970s, and penned an article for Essence magazine titled, “I Am a Lesbian.” “Chirlane in her youth wrote an incredibly powerful article, and it was brave, and I admire her for it. And it was one of the reasons I fell in love with her. She had the strength to stand up,” de Blasio said in an interview on Fox’s “Good Day New York.” All In : NYC mayoral race: Is this the stop-and-frisk election? Stop-and-frisk opponents boost Bill de Blasio to lead in Quinnipiac NYC mayoral poll. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Bill de Blasio surge continues.
Fueled by the support of those critical of the NYPD's stop-and-frisk program, de Blasio, the public advocate, vaulted to the top of a Quinnipiac University mayoral poll of likely Democratic primary voters out Tuesday. De Blasio, who has raised more money on Staten Island than any other mayoral contender, got 30 percent in the poll, with City Council Speaker Christine Quinn following at 24 percent. Former Comptroller Bill Thompson had 22 percent, while scandal-scarred Anthony Weiner dropped to 10 percent. Comptroller John Liu got 6 percent and former Brooklyn Councilman Sal Albanese had 1 percent, the poll said. Does Bill de Blasio Have John Lindsay Syndrome? Bill de Blasio stoops to converse.
He is six feet five inches tall, but he rarely stands completely straight up. De Blasio’s shoulders are always in a slight rounded hunch forward, his neck craned down. Partly this is protective—tonight, walking into a rooftop garden for a June fund-raiser, he reflexively ducks to avoid smacking into the crossbeam of a trellis—and partly it’s smart politics, learned early in his career. “You have to get close, you have to connect, get to eye level,” he tells me later. Nevertheless, in this fortuitously symbolic location, atop a residential building diagonally across Broadway from City Hall, De Blasio is the only one with the elevation to see across the street and down to the mayoral office he wants to occupy.
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Mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio speaks with potential voters Tuesday, July 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) When New York City Democrats head to the polls on September 10 to choose their party’s nominee for mayor, they will have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rewrite the narrative of their city. After twelve years, billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose mix of technocratic efficiency and top-down urbanism has come to define the city, is leaving office.
For voters, this means a new opening to debate some of the most critical issues of the day, from stop-and-frisk to economic development to hurricane recovery. Among this year’s Democratic contenders, several have made thoughtful attempts to address this question. De Blasio Asks City to Address Its Inequalities. James Estrin/The New York Times.
Bill de Blasio inequality: Mayoral candidate has grand ambitions but it won’t work. Photo by Keith Bedford/Reuters For progressive intellectuals, Bill de Blasio’s campaign for mayor of New York City is electrifying in a way that’s almost reminiscent of the early days of Barack Obama’s first presidential run.
New York City, in so many ways the heart of left-wing America, has become a bit of a political embarrassment. Its longtime mayor, Michael Bloomberg, is in fact a progressive leader on many crucial social and public-health policy issues. But at a time of rocketing concern about inequality, he’s a poster child for the noxious mix of financial and political power, sitting atop an urban wealth pyramid specifically associated with the financial industry that many blame for the 2008 crisis and the grindingly slow labor-market recovery of the past several years. In de Blasio and his speeches decrying the “tale of two cities” that New York has become, the angst about inequality has found a voice. Why Bill De Blasio won't get to runoff in NYC's Democratic mayoral primary. Those following the New York City mayoral race know there's a Bill de Blasio boomlet going on in press circles.
De Blasio, the city's public advocate (an ombudsman of sorts), has seen favorable coverage and support from the Huffington Post, the Nation and the New York Times. And he has clearly ramped up his campaigning to take advantage of Anthony Weiner's further embarrassment. So, read the papers and blogs, and you'd think De Blasio was on his way to earning his spot in a runoff against the vulnerable first-round frontrunner, Christine Quinn. The problem is that the data and history continue to suggest it's former comptroller Bill Thompson who is more likely to make the runoff. If you haven't heard of Thompson, it's likely because he lacks the pizzaz of others. The primary polling. Bill de Blasio is the un-Bloomberg: Why the NY mayoral candidate is suddenly surging.
Photo by Keith Bedford/Reuters “Will you stay in touch with us?” Bill de Blasio asks this of each potential voter as he stands outside of Trader Joe’s on 21st Street in Manhattan. He’s joined on the crowded sidewalk by two campaign aides and half a dozen volunteers. The potential voters are actually stopping to talk, and passersby end up waiting in line to speak with the mayoral candidate. Meet The De Blasios. De Blasio produces Harry Belafonte, says rivals are 'abetting' Bloomberg. Today, with family in tow, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio announced the endorsements of the legendary black civil rights leader and entertainer Harry Belafonte and Brooklyn congresswoman Yvette Clarke, who Anthony Weiner endorsed in a tight race for Congress in 2006.
Following the most recent decline in Anthony Weiner's fortunes, de Blasio has registered his highest polling numbers to date, moving into the top tier of Democratic mayoral candidates, right alongside former comptroller Bill Thompson and right behind Council speaker Christine Quinn. But despite integrating his multiracial family into his campaign, and despite his efforts to differentiate himself from the other Democrats on issues of particular concern to African-American voters, de Blasio continues to trail his rivals among black likely voters.
De Blasio frequently denounces Ray Kelly's stewardship of the police department, but he is also considering Kelly's top deputy for police commissioner.