Tag: Bill de Blasio

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., speaks at the Brookings Institution in Washington. (AP Photo)

House Republicans challenge NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio over charter schools

Paul Bedard · February 28, 2014 5:00 am

Bill de Blasio: Chris Christie couldn’t be more wrong about income inequality

Beltway Confidential

Bill de Blasio: Chris Christie couldn’t be more wrong about income inequality

Charlie Spiering · February 20, 2014 5:00 am

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers his budget address at City Hall in New York on Feb. 12. (AP/Craig Ruttle)

Beltway Confidential

New York City’s Bill de Blasio and the future of the nanny state: Black boxes in your car

Timothy P. Carney · February 19, 2014 5:00 am

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled his first budget proposal Wednesday, revealing that the nation's largest city has a surplus but warning that it still faces stark fiscal challenges due to the expired labor contracts of all 150 municipal unions. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, Pool)

New York City mayor unveils budget, warns of labor contract challenges

Jonathan Lemire · February 13, 2014 5:00 am

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, is opposed to letting individual municipalities set their own minimum wages and tax rates, as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to do. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Andrew Cuomo: Local minimum wages would disrupt economy

Associated Press · February 12, 2014 5:00 am

Advocates for allowing New York City officials to raise the minimum wage locally are heading to the state Capitol Tuesday, a day after Mayor Bill de Blasio said he planned to ask state lawmakers next week for the power to raise the minimum wage. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Advocates for higher NYC minimum wage go to Albany

Associated Press · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

Bring It, Joe

Geoffrey Norman · February 10, 2014 6:53 pm

Carriage driver Christina Hansen returns Star to a stall in New York's Clinton Stables. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Energy and Environment

Horses’ future uncertain if NYC carriage rides end

David Caruso · February 10, 2014 5:00 am

FILE- In this Jan. 3, 2014 file photo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio shovels the sidewalk in front of his New York City home in front of the media gathered to record the event. Experts say de Blasio, a former political operative, is using carefully chosen events and images to cultivate the appearance of being an average New Yorker focused on fixing the city's widening income inequality. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

New York City mayor shrewdly crafts everyman political image

Washington Examiner · February 9, 2014 5:00 am

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio listens to a question while testifying before a joint legislative budget hearing on Jan. 27 in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Beltway Confidential

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to close schools for Muslim holidays

Charles Hoskinson · February 4, 2014 5:00 am

Bill de Blasio’s corruption watchdog pick raised funds for his campaign

Bill de Blasio’s corruption watchdog pick raised funds for his campaign

Washington Examiner · January 30, 2014 5:00 am

State health officials awarded $56 million to a dozen hospitals and nursing homes even as the governor repeated dire warnings Monday that some Brooklyn hospitals will close without more federal help.

New York awards $56 million for hospitals, nursing homes

Associated Press · January 28, 2014 5:00 am