Bill De Blasio

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In this file photo from May 13, 2021, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio uses a press conference to tout a plan to give citizens free burgers if they get a COVID-19 vaccination. While other large cities like Los Angeles have reinstituted or are considering reinstating mask mandates, Mr. de Blasio opposes such a move, instead focusing on getting more New Yorkers fully vaccinated. (Image: NBC-4 New York live stream feed) **FILE**

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New York City mayor Bill de Blasio, with his wife Chirlane McCray by his side, announced Thursday that he will seek the 2020 Democratic nomination for president. Mr. de Blasio says his campaign will put an emphasis on working people. (Associated Press)

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New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio speaks during a news conference announcing a proposed ordinance to provide low income residents with access to free legal representation in landlord-tenant disputes, Tuesday, May 1, 2018, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) **FILE**

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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at a rally where he announces a plan to fund MTA improvements on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, in New York. De Blasio wants to tax the wealthiest 1 percent of city residents to fund repairs and improvements to the nation's largest subway system. (AP Photo/Michael Noble Jr.)

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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at a rally where he announces a plan to fund MTA improvements on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, in New York. De Blasio wants to tax the wealthiest 1 percent of city residents to fund repairs and improvements to the nation's largest subway system. (AP Photo/Michael Noble Jr.)

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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at a rally where he announces a plan to fund MTA improvements on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, in New York. De Blasio wants to tax the wealthiest 1 percent of city residents to fund repairs and improvements to the nation's largest subway system. (AP Photo/Michael Noble Jr.)

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio talks to reporters during a news conference at the U.S. Mayors Conference, Friday, June 23, 2017, in Miami Beach, Fla. The U.S. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz) ** FILE **

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FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2014, file photo, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, center, visit a pre-kindergarten class on at the Sacred Heart School in the Staten Island borough of New York on the first day for the city's public schools and the first day of the mayor's expansion of early childhood education. Free school for 4-year-olds was de Blasio's signature issue during his successful run for mayor in 2013. Facing re-election he has announced an ambitious plan to expand the effort to 3-year-olds. (Susan Watts/The Daily News via AP, Pool, File)

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FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2014, file photo, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio visits the Inner Force Early Tots Childhood Learning Center, a community-based organization that's part of the pre-K program, in the Brooklyn borough of New York on the first day of the mayor's expansion of early childhood education. Free school for 4-year-olds was de Blasio's signature issue during his successful run for mayor in 2013. Facing re-election he has announced an ambitious plan to expand the effort to 3-year-olds. (Theodore Parisienne/The Daily News via AP, Pool, File)

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FILE – In this March 12, 2015 file photo, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is surrounded by corrections officers as he speaks at a news conference at the Rikers Island prison in New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and some activists say shutting down Rikers is the only solution for a cycle of abuses that includes violence by guards and gang members, mistreatment of the mentally ill and juveniles, and unjustly long detention for minor offenders. But de Blasio is against a shutdown, saying reforms and improvements would cost less and make more sense. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks with lawmakers and community groups urging New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the State Senate majority to join the State Assembly in supporting fair-share tax policies on billionaires and millionaires in this year's budge during a news conference at the Capitol on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ,center, speaks with lawmakers and community groups urging New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the State Senate majority to join the State Assembly in supporting fair-share tax policies on billionaires and millionaires in this year's budge during a news conference at the Capitol on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio applauds as he stands with lawmakers and community groups urging New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the State Senate majority to join the State Assembly in supporting fair-share tax policies on billionaires and millionaires in this year's budge during a news conference at the Capitol on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink) ** FILE **

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks with lawmakers and community groups urging New York Gov. Cuomo and the State Senate majority to join the State Assembly in supporting fair-share tax policies on billionaires and millionaires in this year's budge during a news conference at the Capitol on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, left, greets New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio as lawmakers and community groups urge New York Gov. Cuomo and the State Senate majority to join the State Assembly in supporting fair-share tax policies on billionaires and millionaires in this year's budge during a news conference at the Capitol on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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Assembly members Jeffrion Aubry, left, and Yuh-line Niou talk as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio testifies during a joint legislative budget hearing on local government on Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio testifies during a joint legislative budget hearing on local government on Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio testifies during a joint legislative budget hearing on local government on Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio testifies during a joint legislative budget hearing on local government on Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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Sen. Simcha Felder, D-Brooklyn asks New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio if he knows the cost of a loaf of bread and a dozen eggs during a joint legislative budget hearing on local government on Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)