Tag: Bill de Blasio

New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly responds to a question about his department's stop-and-frisk policy during a news conference at police headquarters, in New York on Nov 1. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

National Security

New NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio inherits massive counterterror force

Associated Press · December 28, 2013 5:00 am

Mayor-Elect Bill de Blasio speaks during a tribute to South African leader Nelson Mandela at the National Action Network headquarters, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. South Africa's first black president died Thursday after a long illness. He was 95. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Obama to host newly-elected mayors at White House

Brian Hughes · December 12, 2013 5:00 am

Today, the Atlanta Tea Party filed a lawsuit to block subsidies for a new Atlanta Braves baseball stadium in Georgia's Cobb County.ÃÂ (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Beltway Confidential

Bill de Blasio’s first decision: Corporate welfare for the Yankees and an Arab sheik?

Timothy P. Carney · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

De Blasio Appoints Defender of ‘Stop and Frisk’ NYPD Commissioner

De Blasio Appoints Defender of ‘Stop and Frisk’ NYPD Commissioner

Daniel Halper · December 5, 2013 4:13 pm

A Curious Form of ‘Populism’

Fred Siegel · November 25, 2013 5:00 am

Challenges await New York Mayor-Elect Bill de Blasio

Sean Lengell · November 15, 2013 5:00 am

NY Times: For Bill de Blasio, contract talks offer problem

Washington Examiner · November 12, 2013 5:00 am

New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio introduces his transition team on Wednesday. De Blasio defeated Republican opponent Joseph Lhota in a landslide. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

New York City deserves better than Bill de Blasio

R. Emmett Tyrrell · November 8, 2013 5:00 am

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten speaks to the crowd during the "One Voice United" rally in Albany, N.Y., on June 8. (AP Photo/Shannon DeCelle)

Beltway Confidential

Teachers’ union head not in line to run New York City schools: Bill de Blasio

Sean Higgins · November 7, 2013 5:00 am

Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio, center, accompanied by Ken Thompson, fifth from right, candidate for Brooklyn district attorney, meet potential voters on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, in the Crown Heights section of New York's borough of Brooklyn. De Blasio, 52, seems poised to become the first Democrat elected mayor in more than a generation, replacing Michael Bloomberg who helmed the nation's biggest city for 12 years. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Bill de Blasio is elected mayor of New York

Washington Examiner · November 5, 2013 5:00 am

Would-Be New York City Mayor Would Gut Central Park

Would-Be New York City Mayor Would Gut Central Park

Evan Sparks · October 30, 2013 5:36 pm

New York City Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota, right, speaks as Democratic candidate Bill de Blasio listens during the second of three debates prior to the Nov. 5 general election, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013. Lhota went on the offensive again Monday, this time attacking opponent Bill de Blasio for his role in green-lighting Brooklyn's sprawling Atlantic Yards development. (AP Photo/ Kathy Willens, Pool)

Joe Lhota rips Bill de Blasio over New York City’s Atlantic Yards

Associated Press · October 28, 2013 4:00 am