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  • 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…

  • 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…

  • N.Y. mayor’s race front-runner cast as a ‘socialist redistributionist’

    N.Y. mayor’s race front-runner cast as a ‘socialist redistributionist’ The Christian Science Monitor 2013-09-04 Harry Bruinius, Staff writer Democrat Bill de Blasio, the most liberal major candidate in the New York City mayor’s race, is leading polls ahead of the Sept. 10 primary. Republicans sense an opportunity. The surprising ascendancy of New York City Public…

  • De Blasio Takes His Modern Family on the Campaign Trail

    De Blasio Takes His Modern Family on the Campaign Trail The New York Times 2013-08-07 Michael Barbaro As his S.U.V. sped down the West Side Highway a few days ago, 30 minutes late to a campaign stop, Bill de Blasio, a Democratic mayoral candidate, proposed a simple solution: let his wife do the talking instead…