Tag: Bill de Blasio

NYC mayor unveils $73.9B budget with new spending

Jonathan Lemire · May 8, 2014 10:27 pm

Occupy Wall Street activists march during a tour of foreclosed homes in the East New York neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has an ambitious plan to build or preserve 200,000 affordable units of housing over the next 10 years for lower-income New Yorkers, a staggering number that would house a population bigger than cities such as Atlanta or Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

With big goal, NYC affordable homes plan due

Jennifer Peltz · May 5, 2014 4:00 am

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo talk during the NY Rising Spring Conference on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

NYC mayor proposes tax relief for Sandy victims

Josefa Velasquez · April 23, 2014 11:06 pm

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio during a universal Pre-K event on March 4 in Albany, N.Y. (AP/Mike Groll)

Beltway Confidential

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

Justin Green · April 16, 2014 4:00 am

that state lawmakers have closed a budget deal to fund prekindergarten in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio is ready to turn to the next items on his sweeping liberal agenda: massively expanding affordable housing, increasing wages for the working class and overhauling the city's recovery from Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

NYC mayor Bill De Blasio’s next big push: affordable housing

Jonathan Lemire · March 31, 2014 12:00 am

FILE- In this Feb. 25, 2014 file photo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a news conference at P.S. 130 in New York. As state lawmakers settle in on a plan to fund pre-kindergarten in New York City, de Blasio is beginning to focus on other items in his progressive agenda. De Blasio will set his sights on massively expanding affordable housing, hiking wages for the working class and overhauling the city's recovery from Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

NYC mayor’s next big push: affordable housing

Jonathan Lemire · March 30, 2014 12:20 pm

FILE- In this March 4, 2014, file photo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a rally at the Washington Avenue Armory in Albany, N.Y. Now that state lawmakers are closing in on a plan to fund pre-kindergarten in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio is ready to turn to the next items on his sweeping liberal agenda: massively expanding affordable housing, hiking wages for the working class and overhauling the city's recovery from Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

New York City mayor’s next big push: Affordable housing

Washington Examiner · March 30, 2014 12:00 am

Pre-K funding fight causes break in budget talks

Pre-K funding fight causes break in budget talks

Washington Examiner · March 21, 2014 4:00 am

Back to School With Bill de Blasio

Washington Examiner · March 10, 2014 4:00 am

Liam Neeson uses his ‘particular set of skills’ to take on Bill De Blasio’s horse-drawn carriage ban

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Liam Neeson uses his ‘particular set of skills’ to take on Bill De Blasio’s horse-drawn carriage ban

Ashe Schow · March 10, 2014 4:00 am

Which side of charter-school fight hates minority children?

Mona Charen · March 10, 2014 12:00 am

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio during a universal Pre-K event on March 4 in Albany, N.Y. (AP/Mike Groll)

The Left versus minorities and charter schools

Thomas Sowell · March 10, 2014 12:00 am