{"id":1168553,"date":"2021-12-29T09:04:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T14:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1168553"},"modified":"2021-12-29T09:04:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T14:04:18","slug":"departing-nyc-mayor-bill-de-blasio-intends-to-stay-in-public-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/departing-nyc-mayor-bill-de-blasio-intends-to-stay-in-public-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Departing NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Intends to &#039;Stay in Public Service&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdeparting-nyc-mayor-bill-de-blasio-intends-to-stay-in-public-service%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1168553&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Departing New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) isn\u2019t leaving the public eye anytime soon. He might be stepping down after two divisive terms in office but he has no intention of abandoning personal political ambitions, he revealed in an interview published Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a wide-ranging <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kathy-hochul-new-york-city-new-york-police-police-reform-761e90242a9e5cfa68fe1fdf9e9983db\">exchange<\/a> with a reporter from Associated Press (AP), determined leftist de Blasio&nbsp;remained coy on his future plans when asked if he\u2019s going to run for state governor, however he ruled nothing specifically out. He said:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I think I\u2019ve put plenty of breadcrumbs out there on the trail. I\u2019m going to stay in public service. As to electoral politics, I\u2019ll give an update very, very soon.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A de Blasio run for higher office has long been talked about even as his legacy has been defined by strained relationships with both police and the police-reform activists who propelled him to office, public discord with the former governor, vaccine mandates, and spectacular gaffes bookended in withering headlines.<\/p>\n<p>A bid for governor of New York in 2022 has been the subject of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/06\/report-bill-de-blasio-privately-says-he-plans-to-run-for-new-york-governor\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwAR0ficExp8v_1l5RqcF3-QWyTP4sCLrhH7ktDcQPycPR62Mi-qP9LbkY_2M\">speculation<\/a>&nbsp;by others which he has done nothing to play down.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">His campaign slogan should be: &#8220;Bill de Blasio\u2026Because the Entire State Can be a Raging Dumpster Fire, Too!&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kzp49s99qM\">https:\/\/t.co\/kzp49s99qM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1445930976597716995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Still, de Blasio says he is confident of a future ahead. AP reports he continued: \u201cI want people to remember that we needed to fight inequality and we did. And it can be done. We were able to do that in very tangible, real ways. I think that opens the door for a lot more going forward, but it can be done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-238 Component-p-0-2-229\">The mayor nodded to his awkward relationship with the media,&nbsp; something he said he\u2019s been reflecting on a lot lately as he wound down his time in the mayor\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17511418\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/anti-vaccine-mandate-sign-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17511418\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/anti-vaccine-mandate-sign-getty.jpg\" alt=\"A person holds up a protest sign as people gather at City Hall to protest vaccine mandates on August 09, 2021 in New York City. NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announced last week that as of August 16th proof of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination will be required to attend indoor restaurants, gyms, and entertainment venues with enforcement of the mandate to begin on September 13th. Gov. Andrew Cuomo also announced a vaccination mandate for state employees and patient-facing health care workers at state hospitals with an option to get weekly testing. According to CDC data, NYC is now considered a &quot;high&quot; or &quot;substantial&quot; COVID transmission area, after an increase in coronavirus (COVID-19) infections. The Delta variant now accounts for over 80% of all positive cases in NYC. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A person holds up a protest sign as people gather at City Hall to protest vaccine mandates in New York City. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that as of August 16th proof of coronavirus vaccination will be required to attend indoor restaurants, gyms, and entertainment venues with enforcement of the mandate to begin on September 13th. (Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-238 Component-p-0-2-229\">His stumbles included being photographed eating a piece of pizza with a knife and fork just after he assumed office from Michael Bloomberg to&nbsp;showing up late to a memorial for plane crash victims and dropping a groundhog during a Groundhog Day celebration, as AP outlined. The groundhog died a week later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-238 Component-p-0-2-229\">\u201cI think I could have communicated better. I think I could have understood better what the media needed to do to their jobs,\u201d de Blasio said. \u201cI tried to make adjustments over time. And it\u2019s something I\u2019m going to keep working on as a public service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-238 Component-p-0-2-229\">The coronavirus has also helped to shape the public perception of the man.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The LAST person to be telling others what to do or how to lead should be failed Leftist Democrat New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X66UWZWLze\">https:\/\/t.co\/X66UWZWLze<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1475496867219791872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-238 Component-p-0-2-229\">The mayor frequently bragged about his coercive vaccine mandates in the city, going as far as requiring private sector employees to get a vaccine and extending the city\u2019s vaccine passport program to apply to children as young as five.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-238 Component-p-0-2-229\">Despite those strictures, New York City comprised 29 percent of new coronavirus cases on December 26, recent data <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/28\/nyc-comprised-29-of-recent-coronavirus-cases-the-day-after-christmas\/\">shows.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He officially turns over the reins to Mayor-elect Eric Adams, a Democrat and former police captain, on Jan. 1.<\/p>\n<p><em>AP contributed to this report<\/em><\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Departing New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) isn\u2019t leaving the public eye anytime soon. 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