Tag Archives: Bill de Blasio

Stand by for the usual fit from Bill Donohue. Irish Central reports: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will, for the first time ever, march in this year’s New York City St. Patrick’s Day parade, the Irish Voice has learned. The mayor, who refused to take part in the parade in prior years due to the exclusion of gay …

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio today introduced a proposal for a $2.5B streetcar line that would run along 16 miles of the East River waterfront in Brooklyn and Queens. Via the New York Times: By winding along the East River, the streetcars would vastly expand transportation access to a bustling stretch of the city that has undergone rapid …

In January 2014, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio was sworn in by Bill Clinton, but so far de Blasio has been coy about making a presidential endorsement. That will soon change. Via the New York Daily News: After months of playing hard to get, Mayor de Blasio is finally planning on endorsing Hillary Clinton and will publicly declare his support …

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has signed three bills that criminalize the possession and sale of so-called synthetic marijuana. Gothamist reports: Selling or manufacturing the drug was previously only considered a health code violation, carrying a $250 fine; when the new laws go into effect in 60 days, offenders will punishable by up to $5,000 in fines and …

Even though baby boys continue to contract herpes from their rabbis, yesterday the New York City Board Of Health repealed its requirement that Ultra Orthodox parents sign a Bloomberg-era consent form which warns them about a controversial circumcision ritual. Gothamist rants: After a few years of toothless bureaucracy and a minimal amount of government involvement, New York City is a …

Thanks to weeks of relentless front page outrage by New York City’s tabloids, both Gov. Cuomo and Mayor De Blasio have vowed to chase out the dozens of painted topless women who work Times Square for tips. Gothamist reports: “I believe this activity is illegal,” he [Cuomo] said, speaking to NY1. “I believe it is infringing on legitimate businesses. I …

Via USA Today: A proposed cap on Uber and other for-hire vehicles in New York City has been put on ice after the $40 billion start-up agreed to “not flood the streets” until questions about the impact of its growth on traffic can be determined. A bill to limit Uber and other for-hire taxis had been slated to go to …

“In New York City schools, kids are learning Rs: reading, writing, and Ramadan. Thanks to the far-Left priorities of Mayor Bill de Blasio (D), city schools have added two Muslim holidays to the school calendar — a concession that took even Big Apple parents by surprise. While the largest religion in the country fights to even be recognized, ‘NYC schools …

NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio helped carry the banner at the LGBT-inclusive St. Pat’s For All Parade in Queens. Last year De Blasio boycotted the main parade in Manhattan but has not yet said if he will again this year.

Sharpton as Christian Grey, De Blasio as Anastasia Steele, and the New York GOP as the worst photoshop artists ever.

Via Irish Central: It appears New York Mayor Bill de Blasio will again boycott this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade on Fifth Avenue because of the lack of an Irish gay group in the line of march, multiple sources have told the Irish Voice. A non-Irish gay group from NBC, OUT@NBCUniversal, will march. On Tuesday, City Council Member Daniel Dromm …

Via Gothamist: The East River ferry, launched by de Blasio’s predecessor, currently shuttles passengers to a limited number of stops in Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan along the East River, for $4 a ticket on weekdays and $6 on weekends. The new ferry service will be cheaper—Blasio promised yesterday that “new ferry rides will be priced the same as a MetroCard …

Cuomo and De Blasio are making the rounds of local television this morning to defend last night’s decision to close down the city. Via Gothamist: Mayor de Blasio lifted the city-wide travel ban this morning after that devastating blizzard turned out to be just a bunch of stupid snow. There’s about 7.8 inches in Central Park this morning—not the 24 …

Bill De Blasio’s super-emotive sign language interpreter stole the show at yesterday’s conference on the blizzard, spawning a mini-meme on Twitter. Mayor de Blasio took the impending blizzard seriously Monday — and so did his expressive sign language interpreter. Interpreter Jonathan Lamberton’s animated gestures and facial expressions got rave reviews on social media. “The sign language interpreter is incredibly animated …

From his press release: “Today’s outcome is one that many in our city did not want. Yet New York City owns a proud and powerful tradition of expressing ourselves through non-violent protest. We trust that those unhappy with today’s grand jury decision will make their views known in the same peaceful, constructive way. We all agree that demonstrations and free …

De Blasio’s comment reminds me of what an AIDS educator once told me was his advice to gay men: “When asked if you are HIV+, for many of us there are only two possible answers: ‘Yes’ and ‘I don’t know.'”  From the SF AIDS Foundation: There’s a period of time after a person is infected during which they won’t test …

Claiming that the device will reduce the numbers that are held pending investigations, the NYPD is spending $160M on mobile devices that will allow officers to scan a suspect’s fingerprints in order to check for outstanding warrants. “You can literally, with this technology, take a fingerprint on a street corner in New York City,” Mayor de Blasio said. “This is …

Via the New York Times: A doctor in New York City who recently returned from treating Ebola patients in Guinea tested positive for the Ebola virus Thursday, becoming the city’s first diagnosed case. The doctor, Craig Spencer, was rushed to Bellevue Hospital on Thursday and placed in isolation while health care workers spread out across the city to trace anyone …

Hundreds of protesters swarmed Lincoln Center on Monday night to rage against the Metropolitan Opera’s debut of The Death Of Klinghoffer, which is based on the 1985 hijacking of the cruise ship Achille Lauro and which detractors say is anti-Semitic and glorifies terrorism. Opposition to the show was spurred by right wing sites with Ben Shapiro’s Truth Revolt leading the …

Today and tomorrow New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is hosting Democratic party officials who will tour Brooklyn’s Barclays Center as the prospective location for the 2016 Democratic National Convention. De Blasio’s bid seems to have dim prospects. While no one puts on a show like New York, and hometowner Hillary Clinton may be the party’s nominee, many top …