If we can have a fast food restaurant on almost every corner, then we can certainly have a garden.
BILL DE BLASIOIf we can have a fast food restaurant on almost every corner, then we can certainly have a garden.
BILL DE BLASIOI think like a lot of people in this country I want to see a vision. And, again, that would be true of candidates on all levels. It’s time to see a clear, bold vision for progressive economic change.
BILL DE BLASIOI am very much a Red Sox fan; I can name you more players than you could possibly imagine. It’s just part of who I am.
BILL DE BLASIOMy professional life has been about public service. My personal life I define very intently through my family.
BILL DE BLASIOI’ve always had a very positive relationship with the municipal labor unions – a respectful relationship.
BILL DE BLASIOI think small business is struggling in New York City. It’s a fantastic market, it’s a very appealing market, there’s lots of opportunity, at the same time it’s a very difficult place to build a small business.
BILL DE BLASIOGoing back to high school and college, I believed I would be involved in public service. I literally could not conceptualize anything else.
BILL DE BLASIOI have an activist’s desire to improve people’s lives.
BILL DE BLASIOI have a bold plan to break from the Bloomberg years, and end the ‘Tale of Two Cities’ by providing real opportunity to all New Yorkers, no matter where they live.
BILL DE BLASIOI love the MLB app, because I’m a pretty obsessed baseball fan.
BILL DE BLASIOAt a certain point, particularly in his third term, Mayor Bloomberg lost touch with the people he was serving.
BILL DE BLASIOWhile this has been a private part of my family’s life, it is now clear a media story will soon emerge. My father tragically ended his life while battling terminal cancer in 1979.
BILL DE BLASIONY is the city it is today in part because of the contributions from generations of artistic visionaries
BILL DE BLASIOI think unionization is good public policy. I think when families secure their economic future, that’s good for everyone.
BILL DE BLASIOI think a lot of the best ideas come from the grassroots; I’m someone who does not like a bunker mentality and does not like groupthink.
BILL DE BLASIOWe are New Yorkers. Proud citizens of the greatest city on earth. Thinking big isn’t new to us. It is the very foundation of who we are.
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