Bill de Blasio
Mayor of New York City from 2014 to 2021
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| February 2025 | De Blasio announced he was dating journalist Nomiki Konst. |
| January 2025 | A judge ruled de Blasio responsible for $475,000 in costs associated with his presidential campaign's security expenses. |
| July 2023 | De Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray announced their separation, deciding to start dating other people while continuing to share their Park Slope residence. |
| June 2023 | The New York City Conflicts of Interest Board ordered de Blasio to repay $319,747 in security travel costs and issued a $155,000 fine, the largest in the board's history. |
| May 2023 | The Federal Election Commission fined de Blasio's campaign $53,000 for accepting improper contributions. |
| 2022 | De Blasio completed his term as the Mayor of New York City. |
| July 19 2022 | Withdrew from the congressional race, declaring he was done with 'electoral politics'. |
| May 20 2022 | Announced his candidacy for the 2022 U.S. House election in the newly redrawn 10th congressional district. |
| October 2021 | The New York City Department of Investigations published a report finding that de Blasio's campaign had not reimbursed over $300,000 in security travel expenses. |
| January 1 2021 | Completed his second and final term as Mayor of New York City, with Eric Adams succeeding him in office. |
| 2020 | De Blasio briefly ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in the United States presidential election. |
| July 2020 | In a radio interview, de Blasio quoted Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto when discussing business recovery, stating his focus was not on the business community. |
| June 2020 | De Blasio was criticized for unequal COVID-19 restrictions on religious gatherings, which were more restrictive compared to other group gatherings. |
| June 21 2020 | De Blasio endorsed the American Museum of Natural History's request to remove the Equestrian Statue of Theodore Roosevelt, which depicted a Native American and an African man standing next to the horse. |
| June 7 2020 | De Blasio announced plans to reallocate funding from the NYPD to youth initiatives and social services, and characterized some protesters as 'anarchists' inciting violent riots. |
| May 31 2020 | During the George Floyd protests, de Blasio issued a statement criticizing protesters, blaming them for being in the way of police cruisers that pushed a barricade into them. |
| March 16 2020 | After pressure from top aides and health officials who threatened to resign, de Blasio changed his approach to the coronavirus outbreak. |
| March 11 2020 | De Blasio advised people to continue normal activities and not avoid restaurants if they were not sick. |
| March 9 2020 | De Blasio downplayed coronavirus risks, stating that healthy New Yorkers under 50 were not in particular danger and would likely experience symptoms similar to a common cold or flu. |
| March 2 2020 | De Blasio encouraged New Yorkers via tweet to continue their normal activities despite the coronavirus. |
| February 14 2020 | De Blasio endorsed Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination. |
| February 13 2020 | In an NBC News interview, de Blasio claimed the coronavirus could be handled by following basic rules. |
| January 28 2020 | De Blasio commented on COVID-19, stating the virus was underestimated by the Chinese government and was spreading without sufficient recognition. |
| 2019 | His son Dante graduated from Yale University after previously graduating from Brooklyn Technical High School. |
| 2019 | De Blasio addressed an increase in cyclist deaths, proposing a $58.4 million safety plan and suggesting mandatory helmet use and bicycle licensing for cyclists. |
| November 2019 | De Blasio publicly criticized former mayor Michael Bloomberg's apology for the stop and frisk policy, asserting that his administration had spent six years undoing the damage of the policy. |
| September 20 2019 | Suspended his campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries due to low poll numbers and failure to qualify for the third round of primary debates. |
| June 19 2019 | De Blasio expressed support for a peace settlement in Afghanistan involving the Taliban and advocated for keeping US troops in the region. |
| May 16 2019 | Bill de Blasio announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination through a YouTube video, becoming the first incumbent New York City mayor to run for president since John Lindsay in 1972. |
| April 2019 | Bill de Blasio announced support for the Green New Deal and proposed legislation to ban construction of glass and steel skyscrapers in New York City, citing environmental concerns about their contribution to global warming. |
| February 14 2019 | Amazon withdrew its plans to open HQ2 in Long Island City after significant local pushback, which de Blasio publicly criticized. |
| February 14 2019 | De Blasio addressed a rally in New York City about combating antisemitism, publicly criticizing the BDS movement and stating that it affronts Israel's right to exist. |
| January 2019 | De Blasio reaches an agreement with HUD Secretary Ben Carson to improve New York City Housing Authority operations, addressing health and safety hazards in NYCHA properties including lead-based paint, mold, heating issues, and vermin. |
| 2018 | By 2018, the 'Vision Zero' initiative showed notable progress, with pedestrian fatalities decreasing from 299 in 2013 to 200. |
| December 2018 | De Blasio publicly announced his support for marijuana legalization in New York City, describing it as a 'once-in-a-generation opportunity to get a historic issue right for future New Yorkers'. He collaborated with a marijuana task force to develop a comprehensive report on licensing and regulation. |
| November 2018 | De Blasio, alongside Governor Cuomo, successfully secured Long Island City as one of two sites for Amazon's HQ2, with a proposed benefits package of $2.988 billion from New York City and State funds. |
| 2017 | De Blasio proposed the expansion of the Universal Pre-K program to include 'Three-K', aiming to provide preschool education for three-year-olds, beginning in lower-income neighborhoods with the goal of citywide coverage pending state or federal funding. |
| November 7 2017 | De Blasio was re-elected for a second term as Mayor of New York City, defeating Republican nominee Nicole Malliotakis. |
| September 12 2017 | Bill de Blasio won the Democratic primary for his re-election as New York City mayor, defeating challenger Sal Albanese. |
| July 2017 | After the murder of NYPD officer Miosotis Familia, de Blasio was criticized for not attending her vigil, with police officers again turning their backs on him during a service. |
| April 2017 | State government renews the 421-a tax abatement program after negotiations between unions and developers regarding wages for construction projects. |
| 2016 | Bill de Blasio publicly supported the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, which would enable 9/11 victims' families to pursue legal action against the Saudi Arabian government for its alleged involvement in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. |
| 2015 | Universal Pre-K enrollment in New York City increased significantly, with over 70% of pre-K expansions occurring in the city's poorest ZIP code areas. |
| 2015 | De Blasio repealed a public health requirement mandating mohels inform parents of risks associated with metzitzah b'peh, an oral circumcision ritual linked to 17 cases of infant herpes, brain damage, and two deaths since 2000. |
| January 1 2015 | The IDNYC card program was officially launched, providing identification to all city residents regardless of immigration status. |
| 2014 | De Blasio appeared as himself on the TV show The Good Wife, which he described as being 'deeply obsessed' with. |
| 2014 | De Blasio denied public space to several New York City charter schools, overturning a previous Bloomberg administration policy of 'co-locations' and revoking $200 million in capital funding for charter schools. |
| 2014 | De Blasio released a comprehensive report on improving New York City's transit, proposing rebuilding Penn Station/Madison Square Garden, expanding bus rapid transit routes, and launching the 'Vision Zero' initiative to reduce traffic-related deaths. |
| 2014 | Bill de Blasio launched his signature Universal Pre-K initiative, providing publicly funded pre-kindergarten for all New York City residents, with a focus on funding the program through increased taxes on high-income earners. |
| December 2014 | New York City police officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos were killed in an ambush, leading to public rebuke of de Blasio by police officers who turned their backs on him during the officers' eulogy. |
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