Report: Progressive New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio paid 8.3 percent tax rate

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and first lady Chirlane McCray paid an 8.3 percent effective tax rate on $165,047 of total income in 2013, according to tax returns cited by the Wall Street Journal.

De Blasio and McCray donated $5,597, or roughly 3 percent, of their income to charity in 2013.

The new mayor campaigned and took office as a progressive, vowing to combat social and economic inequality.

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a billionaire, had been notorious for tightly limiting the release of his tax returns, making this the first full release by a Big Apple mayor in 12 years.

De Blasio will make $225,000 a year as mayor of New York City.

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