NEW YORK — Bill de Blasio, who long ago plastered the lyrics to Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song” on the wall of his New York University dorm room and later served as New York City’s 109th mayor, will return to his alma mater to teach this winter and spring, the school said Monday.
The move marks another step in the professorial pursuits of the progressive ex-politician, who has headed to Harvard University this fall to serve as a visiting fellow after a failed summer run for Congress.
NYU said de Blasio, 61, will arrive at the Greenwich Village school in January for formal talks, and then teach a course for graduate students in the spring. His post will be within NYU’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
