{"id":714496,"date":"2021-09-03T18:21:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T22:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=714496"},"modified":"2021-09-03T18:21:31","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T22:21:31","slug":"bill-de-blasio-suggests-hes-considering-run-for-new-york-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-de-blasio-suggests-hes-considering-run-for-new-york-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill De Blasio Suggests He\u2019s Considering Run For New York Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fbill-de-blasio-suggests-hes-considering-run-for-new-york-governor%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=714496&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/BA53BC58-790F-43A3-8AC5-DF3E05225CF9-scaled-e1630707310982.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has confirmed that he is \u201cabsolutely\u201d considering running for governor of New York in the 2022 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on Friday morning\u2019s episode of MSNBC\u2019s \u201cMorning Joe\u201d to discuss his response to the region\u2019s flooding, guest host Willie Geist asked the mayor, \u201cThere\u2019s been some reporting that you\u2019ve been calling around to labor groups to look into a possible run for the governor\u2019s office yourself. Are you considering a run to be the next governor of New York?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>De Blasio initially evaded the question, saying he is working with current Governor Kathy Hochul (D) in an emergency response to the floods that swept through the Northeast this week. \u201cWe respect each other, like each other,\u201d he said. \u201cThe politics \u2014 that\u2019s next year. That\u2019s a whole [other] world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut,\u201d he continued, \u201cI believe in public service; I\u2019ve done it my whole life. I want to keep working on crucial issues and causes, particularly \u2026 things like education for our kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo,\u201d he said, \u201cwe\u2019ll see what the future brings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, fair to say you\u2019re at least considering the run?\u201d Geist pressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to keep serving in one way or another in the future. So, I\u2019m going to look at different options. Absolutely,\u201d the mayor replied.<\/p>\n<p>The interview was the first public confirmation that de Blasio \u2014 who cannot pursue a third term as mayor thanks to a 2010 referendum that limits mayors to two terms in office \u2014 has his eye on the governor\u2019s mansion.<\/p>\n<p>Although he is term-limited, de Blasio finds himself mired in controversy over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Last month, Big Apple businesses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nyc-businesses-sue-de-blasio-over-vaccine-mandate\">sued<\/a> the mayor over his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nyc-mayor-announces-city-will-require-proof-of-covid-19-vaccination-to-enter-indoor-restaurants-work-out-inside-gyms\">vaccine mandate<\/a>, requiring patrons and employees to show proof of at least partial vaccination before dining, shopping, or engaging in other public indoor activities. He butted heads with the city\u2019s Orthodox Jewish community, threatening at times to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/de-blasio-threatens-to-shut-down-non-compliant-orthodox-synagogue\">shut down<\/a> synagogues that&nbsp;did not comply with his strict lockdown orders \u201conce and for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the mayor has never hidden his ambitions, and he may view succeeding Governor Andrew Cuomo as a form of revenge. He feuded with his Democratic colleague during their coterminous service in office. The mayor\u2019s response to days of looting that broke out during last summer\u2019s Black Lives Matter riots drew the sharp rebuke of then-Governor Cuomo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe police must stop the looting and the criminal activity. That is the essence of the police force,\u201d Cuomo said. If that did not happen soon, Cuomo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lohud.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2020\/06\/02\/cuomo-rips-police-mayor-de-blasio-after-rioting-nyc-new-york-city\/3123904001\/\">warned<\/a>, he would \u201cdisplace the mayor of New York City and bring in the National Guard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After a 54% crime spike in the early months of 2021, Mayor de Blasio reversed his \u201cdefund the police\u201d policy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/de-blasio-will-deploy-additional-nypd-officers-approve-105m-in-police-spending-amid-crime-wave\">approved<\/a> $105 million in police funding.<\/p>\n<p>If he enters the race, Bill de Blasio will bring a lifetime of polarized political views and activism with him.<\/p>\n<p>In 1988, Bill de Blasio spent ten days in Communist-controlled Nicaragua, then dominated by dictator Daniel Ortega\u2019s Sandinistas. The New York Times <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/09\/23\/nyregion\/a-mayoral-hopeful-now-de-blasio-was-once-a-young-leftist.html?pagewanted=print\">reported<\/a> in 2013 that the future mayor became \u201can admirer of Nicaragua\u2019s ruling Sandinista party\u201d \u2014 otherwise known as the Sandinista National Liberation Front, a Marxist organization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe helped raise funds for the Sandinistas in New York and subscribed to the party\u2019s newspaper, Barricada, or Barricade,\u201d the Times reported. \u201cHe oversaw efforts to solicit and ship millions of dollars in food, clothing and supplies to Nicaragua.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a 1990 interview with The New York Times under his birth name, the future mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190520195627\/https:\/www.nytimes.com\/1990\/07\/21\/nyregion\/sandinistas-us-friends-case-of-dashed-ideals.html?module=inline\">said<\/a> the Sandinistas \u201cbuilt a democracy that was striving to be economic and political, that pervaded all levels in society.\u201d (Bill de Blasio, who was born William Wilhelm Jr., adopted his mother\u2019s maiden name after his father committed suicide.)<\/p>\n<p>Bill de Blasio\u2019s \u201ctime as a young activist was more influential in shaping his ideology than previously known,\u201d wrote Times reporter Javier C. Hern\u00e1ndez. \u201cWhen he was asked at a meeting in 1990 about his goals for society, he said he was an advocate of \u2018democratic socialism.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bill De Blasio would echo that sentiment in different words last December when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/de-blasio-on-education-amid-pandemic-mission-is-to-redistribute-wealth\">said<\/a>, \u201cI like to say very bluntly, our mission is to redistribute wealth. A lot of people bristle at that phrase. That is, in fact, the phrase we need to use.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To that end, Mayor de Blasio has endorsed taxing drivers who enter the city during high-traffic times or in highly-congested areas, with the money funding heavily subsidized public transportation. \u201cWe need <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/transit\/2021\/07\/15\/mayor-urges-state-to-hurry-on-congestion-pricing-to-aid-subways\">congestion pricing<\/a> here in New York City,\u201d he said during Friday\u2019s interview.<\/p>\n<p>Should he pursue a run for the state\u2019s highest office next year, de Blasio would join what may turn out to be a crowded primary field. In addition to Governor Hochul, state Attorney General Letitia James \u2014 whose report on sexual harassment effectively turned Cuomo out of office \u2014 is also widely believed to be thinking of formally announcing her gubernatorial bid.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has confirmed that he is \u201cabsolutely\u201d considering running for governor of New York in the 2022 elections.Appearing on Friday morning\u2019s episode of MSNBC\u2019s &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-714496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}