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Ex-NYC Mayor Clashes With Fox News Anchors After Backing Mamdani's 'War Criminal' Label for Netanyahu

Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio defended Zohran Mamdani's criticism of Benjamin Netanyahu, calling him a 'war criminal' during a tense Fox News interview, sparking debate over Israel's actions in Gaza.

International Business Times UK

Why Mamdani's 'Free Child Care' Won't Work

The more the government intervenes in the market, the more New York parents pay for child care.

Reason

Snow-shovelling Mamdani was hard to miss as New York tackled winter storm

Mayor was a highly visible presence during icy blizzard and, unlike some of his predecessors, seemed to get things right

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Mamdani's $6 Billion Child Care Expansion Would Be a Handout to Wealthy New Yorkers

The more the government intervenes in the market, the more New York parents pay for child care.

Reason

Bill de Blasio's Diversity Push for These Schools Lowered Admissions Standards—and Didn't Increase Diversity

New data display the failures of the expanded Discovery Program.

Reason

Trump's Epstein Reversal

Plus: Mamdani copies de Blasio, Swiss delegation buys better tariffs from Trump, Xinjiang nuke testing, and more...

Reason

Making progress is more than making policy – what Mamdani can learn from de Blasio about the politics of urban progress

After a decisive election win, Zohran Mamdani will become mayor of New York on Jan. 1, 2026. His impressive grassroots campaign made big promises targeted at working-class New Yorkers: universal child care, rent freezes and faster, free buses.

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UK newspaper editor calls Bill de Blasio fake interview blunder ‘humiliating’

A Times associate editor reportedly addressed situation in an email to staff, saying: ‘We should have been on our guard’

The Guardian - US

‘I never once said I was the mayor!’: The Times of London humiliated after interviewing the wrong Bill De Blasio

"I’m appalled.I never spoke to that reporter and never said those things."

We Got This Covered

British newspaper says it was duped by someone impersonating former NYC mayor Bill de Blasio

The Times of London has apologized for running an article that falsely claimed ex-New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio had criticized current candidate Zohran Mamdani

The Independent UK

UK newspaper apologizes for fake De Blasio interview criticizing Mamdani

The Times deletes article after its reporter was duped by impostor pretending to be former New York mayor

The Guardian - US

Business leaders are threatening to leave New York City amid the unlikely ascension of Zohran Mamdani. This scenario has played out before—here’s what happened

By backing a platform of economic redistribution, New Yorkers are committing "suicide by Mayor," one finance analyst said.

Fortune

Ex-NYC Mayor de Blasio agrees to pay $330K for misusing public funds on failed White House bid

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has agreed to pay nearly $330,000 to settle an ethics board’s complaint that he misspent public funds on police security during his brief, failed run for U.S. president

The Independent UK

Ex-NYC Mayor de Blasio still on the hook for $475K fine over misused public funds, judge rules

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio must pay a $475,000 fine levied against him for misusing public funds during his failed White House bid, a judge ruled this week

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The Independent UK

NYC mayor Eric Adams indicted: Everything you need to know about FBI probe

Democrat is fighting for his political career after becoming New York City’s first mayor to be indicted while in office

The Guardian - US

What’s Left Unsaid review: Andrew Cuomo and the case for his defense

Melissa DeRosa, a top aide to the disgraced New York governor, has plenty of scores to settle – which helps make for a vivid read

The Independent UK

Former NYPD inspector pleads guilty to obstructing probe of NYC mayor's failed presidential bid

An ex-police official has pleaded guilty to blocking an investigation into the misuse of city resources by former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio during the Democrat’s failed presidential campaign

The Independent UK

Former New York Mayor de Blasio and wife announce separation, but not divorce

Former New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, say they are separating but not divorcing after 29 years of a marriage that helped lift de Blasio into the mayor’s job

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The Independent UK

Ex-NYC Mayor de Blasio ordered to pay $475K for misusing public funds on failed White House bid

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has been ordered to pay nearly half a million dollars after he was found to have misused public funds on a police security detail during his failed presidential bid

Tribune News Service

Ex-NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio fined nearly $500,000 for misusing NYPD detail during failed presidential campaign

NEW YORK — The New York City government’s ethics watchdog ordered former Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday to cough up nearly $500,000 for misusing his personal police detail during his failed 2020 presidential campaign — the largest fine ever levied by the agency.

The Guardian - US

‘The whole thing was insane’: Bill de Blasio on dropping groundhog that later died

Former New York mayor spoke candidly about day in 2014 he dropped Charlotte the groundhog

Tribune News Service

NYC Mayor Adams blasts de Blasio administration officials for criticizing him, blames them for ‘mess we inherited’

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams harangued some of Bill de Blasio’s administration officials Wednesday for having the gall to publicly criticize his leadership even though he said they left him with the city in a state of “total disarray.”

The Independent UK

Former NYC mayor de Blasio will teach NYU graduate course

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will return to his alma mater New York University for a teaching job

Tribune News Service

NYC couple claims they were falsely called antisemites and beaten by politically connected Brooklyn Hasidic patrol

NEW YORK — A Brooklyn couple claims a Hasidic safety patrol attacked them and falsely accused them of making antisemitic remarks when they challenged them for not wearing masks at the height of the pandemic.

Tribune News Service

Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio to serve as visiting fellow at Harvard University

Bill de Blasio is heading back to Boston.

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