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  • The 99% Mayor

    The 99% Mayor New York Magazine 2013-10-27 Chris Smith Bill de Blasio’s promise may also be his problem. He is joking, but he’s not kidding. “When I spoke last time, they needed a much smaller room,” Bill de Blasio says to laughter. “This is the glory of American democracy!” Exactly one year earlier, De Blasio…

  • Biracial Cool: Bill de Blasio’s Fresh Electoral Asset

    Biracial Cool: Bill de Blasio’s Fresh Electoral Asset The Atlantic 2013-11-06 Kevin Noble Maillard, Professor of Law Syracuse University The New York mayor-elect’s family—both fascinatingly ordinary and shockingly modern—proved to be one his greatest strengths. “I’m Bill de Blasio, and I’m not a boring white guy.” How’s that for a political opener? This is how…

  • De Blasio Is Elected New York City Mayor

    De Blasio Is Elected New York City Mayor The New York Times 2013-11-05 Michael Barbaro David W. Chen, City Hall Bureau Chief Bill de Blasio hugged his son, Dante, at an election night party on Tuesday. Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Bill de Blasio, who transformed himself from a little-known occupant of an obscure…

  • Diverse Neighborhood Has Mixed Enthusiasm About New York City Mayor’s Race

    Diverse Neighborhood Has Mixed Enthusiasm About New York City Mayor’s Race The New York Times 2013-11-03 Cara Buckley The last presidential candidate Steve Waldman voted for was Hubert H. Humphrey. The last mayor he cast a ballot for was Edward I. Koch. And he’ll be darned if he is going to break his nonvoting streak…

  • The Uniqueness of Dante de Blasio

    The Uniqueness of Dante de Blasio Gotham Gazette: The Place or New York Policy and Politics New York, New York 2013-09-24 Andy Beveridge, Professor of Sociology Queens College, City University of New York As New York took in the extent of the win by Bill de Blasio in the Democratic primary for mayor, the impact…

  • De Blasio Responds to Lhota’s Doomsday Ad With a Cheery One

    De Blasio Responds to Lhota’s Doomsday Ad With a Cheery One Politicker 2013-10-17 Colin Campbell Tale of Two Ads A day after Joe Lhota released an ad warning of apocalyptic results if rival Bill de Blasio is elected mayor–complete with photos of race riots and corpses–Mr. de Blasio is out with a new spot of…

  • Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance

    Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance HarperCollins Publishers 2013-09-10 544 pages Trimsize: 6 x 9 Hardcover ISBN: 9780060882389; ISBN10: 0060882387 eBook ISBN: 9780062199126; ISBN10: 0062199129 Carla Kaplan, Stanton W. and Elisabeth K. Davis Distinguished Professor of American Literature Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts New York City in the Jazz Age was…

  • Identity Politics, in a Brand-New Form

    Identity Politics, in a Brand-New Form The New York Times 2013-09-14 Sam Roberts, Urban Affairs Correspondent ARGUABLY, New York’s identity politics peaked in 1945. That year, William O’Dwyer, the Democratic Party machine’s mayoral favorite, was Irish and from Brooklyn. Lazarus Joseph, the candidate for comptroller, was Jewish and from the Bronx. Party leaders balanced their…

  • Luck and a Shrewd Strategy Fueled de Blasio’s Ascension

    Luck and a Shrewd Strategy Fueled de Blasio’s Ascension The New York Times 2013-09-11 Michael Barbaro, Political Writer The commercial that changed the course of the mayor’s race almost never happened. Bill de Blasio’s campaign team had mused about building an ad around his wife, Chirlane McCray, a telegenic African-American poet, then abandoned the concept.…

  • De Blasio First in Mayoral Primary; Unclear if He Avoids a Runoff

    De Blasio First in Mayoral Primary; Unclear if He Avoids a Runoff The New York Times 2013-09-10 David M. Halbfinger, Reporter David W. Chen, City Hall Bureau Chief Bill de Blasio, whose campaign for mayor of New York tapped into a city’s deepening unease with income inequality and aggressive police practices, captured far more votes…