Tag: Bill de Blasio

  • Is NYPD’s War on Mayor Bill de Blasio Partly War on His Black Family? AlterNet 2014-12-30 Terrell Jermaine Starr, Senior Editor The cops’ fight with the city’s progressive mayor smacks of white supremacy. In September 1992, the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association organized thousands of New York City cops to storm City Hall to protest then-mayor David…

  • Sleeping with the enemy Sick Chickens: A blog for enthusiasts of American history and politics 2014-12-23 James Owen Heath, PhD Candidate University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom I have never been struck by the intelligence of Jon Stewart’s remarks in the past but I have to agree with him that it is indeed possible to…

  • Mayor Bill De Blasio Speaks On Eric Garner, NYPD, And More On Ebro In The Morning [AUDIO] HOT 97, WQHT 97.1 FM New York, New York 2014-12-04 Ebro Darden, Co-Host Peter Rosenberg, Co-Host Laura Stylez, Co-Host It’s an emotional time in NYC and across the nation after a grand jury decided to not indict NYPD…

  • In discussing Garner, de Blasio invokes Dante Capital New York New York, New York 2014-12-03 Sally Goldenberg, City Hall/Politics Reporter Mayor Bill de Blasio often invoked his bi-racial teenage son, Dante, during an emotional speech on Staten Island Wednesday night, hours after a grand jury there declined to indict an NYPD officer in the death…

  • Bill De Blasio Responds To Eric Garner Grand Jury Decision The Huffington Post 2014-12-03 Sam Levine, Associate Politics Editor New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) said Wednesday that a grand jury’s decision not to indict a police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner was a decision “that many in our city…

  • Bill: New Yorkers could identify as multiracial The Associated Press 2014-11-25 Jonathan Lemire, City Hall and Political Reporter NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers may soon be able to identify themselves as more than one race under legislation introduced in the City Council on Tuesday. The measure would change dozens of official documents, including applications…

  • Proposal for NYC Forms: Option to Identify as Multiracial The Wall Street Journal 2014-11-24 Mara Gay, City Hall Reporter Legislation Being Introduced in City Council on Tuesday New Yorkers would be able to identify as more than one race on city documents under legislation set to be introduced in the City Council on Tuesday. “We…

  • The Mixed-Race Marriage of Bill de Blasio and Chirlane McCray Georgetown Law Journal of Modern Critical Race Perspectives Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 2013-12-08 Harris Davidson On November 5, Bill de Blasio, New York City’s public advocate, was elected Mayor of New York City. De Blasio’s victory had been all but assured since he prevailed in…

  • Bill de Blasio and the Art of Political Image at… the Mermaid Parade The New York Times 2014-06-23 Vanessa Friedman, Chief Fashion Critic Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York with, from left, his son, Dante; his wife, Chirlane McCray; and his daughter, Chiara, at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade on Saturday. [Tina Fineberg/Associated Press]…

  • De Blasio Sworn In as New York Mayor The New York Times 2014-01-01 Michael M. Grynbaum Bill de Blasio was sworn in as the 109th mayor of New York City early Wednesday, at two minutes past the stroke of midnight. The oath of office was administered by Eric T. Schneiderman, the attorney general of New…