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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Mayor Bill de Blasio Addresses Accusations of Accepting Bribes

A top political donor admitted to trying to bribe Mayor Bill de Blasio to get favorable lease terms for his restaurant.
By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio participates in the second mayoral debate at the CUNY Graduate Center in September.

Bill de Blasio’s Opponents Seize on Pay-to-Play Allegations

The mayor's opponents are seizing on one of his biggest donor's allegations of a pay-to-play scheme as the general election approaches.
By Madina Toure
Staten Island Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, the GOP mayoral candidate, speaks at a press conference at City Hall.

Malliotakis: Court Testimony Calls for New Investigation Into De Blasio

The Republican mayoral candidate accused the mayor of fostering a pay-to-play culture at City Hall ahead of the November general election.
By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks about the fatal shooting of a 66-year-old emotionally disturbed woman in the Bronx by a police officer at City Hall.

Bill de Blasio Says He Regrets Promising List of Donors

By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio.

De Blasio Releases Long-Awaited List of Donors Who Didn’t Get Favors

By Madina Toure
Mayor of New York City Bill de Blasio.

De Blasio Commits to Sharing List of Donors Before Election

By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio.

De Blasio Can’t Provide a List of Donors Who Didn’t Get City Favors Because He Has Writer’s Block

By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio at ceremony unveiling plans and breaking ground for a new Statue of Liberty Museum.

De Blasio Looking at Getting a Special Law Passed So He Can Raise Money From Donors for His Legal Bills

By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio.

No Corruption Charges Against NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio

By Will Bredderman
Mayor Bill de Blasio.

After Meeting with Feds, de Blasio Vows ‘It Will Be Quite Clear’ He Acted Properly

By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio.

De Blasio Says He Didn’t Get Immunity for Agreeing to Meet With Investigators

By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio.

De Blasio Rants Against the Media and ‘Wealthy Interests’ as Grand Juries Weigh Charges

By Will Bredderman
Mayor Bill de Blasio listens during a forum alongside London Mayor Sadiq Khan.

Bill de Blasio Hit With $47,778 in Fines for 2013 Mayoral Campaign Violations

By Madina Toure
Rendering from Friends of Brooklyn Queens Connector.

Bill de Blasio Calls Claims of Developer Pay-to-Play Over Streetcar ‘Damn Inaccurate’

By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Inside City Hall.

De Blasio Defends Letting Private Consultant Sit In On Housing Policy Meetings

By Will Bredderman
Mayor de Blasio marches during the Columbus Day Parade on Fifth Avenue.

Bill de Blasio’s Bad Press Strategy

By Madina Toure
WITH ENDORSERS LIKE THESE... It was obvious all through 2015 that Mayor Bill de Blasio was desperate to make an impression on the presidential race. From his "Progressive Agenda" events at Gracie Mansion and outside the Capitol building in April and May 2015, to his scuttled plans to host both Democratic and GOP debates, the mayor seemed like an over-eager eight-year-old bouncing up and down to get the grown-ups' attention. Well, he finally got a little of that precious national notice he craved in April of this year—but it didn't come quite the way he wanted it. The mayor brought Hillary Clinton as his surprise guest to the April 9 Inner Circle show, an annual satire of NYC politics put on by reporters. De Blasio and Clinton did a little routine of their own onstage, where Clinton tweaked de Blasio over his belated decision to jump aboard her bandwagon with the rest of the political class. The mayor's excuse? "I was running on CP time," he said. That abbreviation usually stands for "colored people time," and hearkens to the stereotype that black people like to show up late. But here, Clinton helpfully explained, it meant "cautious politician time." Ba-dum tsh. The people in the room groaned and let it go. But a video of the skit escaped into the national news stream a couple days later, provoking some murmurings about sensitivity and the duo's horrible, horrible comic delivery. Clinton naturally blamed the bit of curdled comedy on the lesser Dem—and de Blasio got to be the laughingstock of the whole country and not just New York for a change. Would people have gotten so upset if it hadn't been such a godawful creaking awkward joke? The world may never know.

NYC Mayor’s Defense in Face of Probes: Hillary Clinton Got Investigated Too

By Will Bredderman
Comptroller Scott Stringer speaks at a press conference blasting the number of vacant properties in the city.

Stringer: ’No Doubt’ the City Will Be Forced to Release ‘Agents of the City’ Emails

By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Mayor de Blasio Defends His Record on Transparency as Pending Cases Argue Contrary

By Madina Toure
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. in the Mall At Bay Plaza in the Baychester section of the Bronx.

Bronx BP Allocated $1.4 Million for Developer Connected to $100,000 in Donations

By Jillian Jorgensen
Mayor Bill de Blasio.

De Blasio Raises $1.1 Million Toward His Re-Election

By Jillian Jorgensen
Stringer

Comptroller Calls Mayor’s Fundraising Group a ‘Slush Fund’

By Jillian Jorgensen
Let's hope Mayor de Blasio doesn't read Twitter comments.

Campaign Finance Board Lets de Blasio Go With a Warning

By Jillian Jorgensen
Cuomo and de Blasio

Cuomo Plans Crackdown on de Blasio-Style Political Organizations

By Will Bredderman
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