After being held for 12 years by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, the chair of the Mayor of New York has been entrusted, Tuesday, Sept. 5, during the municipal to Bill de Blasio, a Democrat firmly anchored to the left. For several weeks, all the polls showed that the Italo-American to be elected 52 years with more than 40 points ahead of his Republican opponent Joe Lhota. A gap seems to be confirmed by the first results published in the night. Metropolis of 8.3 million inhabitants, the largest city in the United States six times more Democratic voters (3.1 million) than Republicans (491,000) but did not wear the Democratic mayor since David Dinkins in 1989, including lack of sufficient mobilization of the electorate of the party. Gone from outsider status to big favorite in a few months, Bill de Blasio, progressive and self-proclaimed "proud of it", became the defender of the middle class families and minorities in a very unequal city with the most billionaires in the world but 21% of the population lives below the poverty line. The change is that now? During one of his last campaign rallies, November 2 in Manhattan, this giant of nearly 2 meters recalled its main campaign pledges: higher taxes for more rich to fund preschool for all children over 4 years of after-school programs in the evening college, the construction of 200,000 social housing and maintenance of district hospitals. "We have enough luxury buildings", has insisted the Democrats, who had however been careful during his campaign to meet the business and real estate, the main sources of wealth in New York. Ombudsman elected New York since 2010, former councilor for Brooklyn (2002-2009), former director of Hillary Clinton's campaign when it came to the Senate in 2000, Bill de Blasio has cultivated an image of leftist uninhibited contrasts with that of the current Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former renowned businessman cold and uncompromising. While New Yorkers consider positively the results of the latter at the head of the city, especially in terms of safety and public health, two-thirds of them said aspire to change. The De Blasio, a "Modern Family" With, according to his family, a sense of listening and compromise, Bill de Blasio has sought to stick closer to a cosmopolitan and progressive city. Also, during his campaign, he did not hesitate to put his family contribution to score points. According to U.S. media, the influence of his wife, Chirlane McCray, an African-American poet known for his activism on behalf of women and homosexuals, has been , decisive for the Democrat. As well as public appearances and actions of their two children. When Bill de Blasio had won the Democratic primary on September 11, the applicant had engaged with his wife, their son Dante, 16, and his now famous afro ( see below cons), and their daughter Chiara, 18, wreath in her hair, a little dance very noticeable on camera. Despite the advance that he predicted, De Blasio, to the end, has mobilized its troops in a city that traditionally vote for municipal bit. The new mayor of New York will take office on 1 January 2014. With news
With De Blasio, New York turns left and turns the page for years Bloomberg
After being held for 12 years by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, the chair of the Mayor of New York has been entrusted, Tuesday, Sept. 5, during the municipal to Bill de Blasio, a Democrat firmly anchored to the left. For several weeks, all the polls showed that the Italo-American to be elected 52 years with more than 40 points ahead of his Republican opponent Joe Lhota. A gap seems to be confirmed by the first results published in the night. Metropolis of 8.3 million inhabitants, the largest city in the United States six times more Democratic voters (3.1 million) than Republicans (491,000) but did not wear the Democratic mayor since David Dinkins in 1989, including lack of sufficient mobilization of the electorate of the party. Gone from outsider status to big favorite in a few months, Bill de Blasio, progressive and self-proclaimed "proud of it", became the defender of the middle class families and minorities in a very unequal city with the most billionaires in the world but 21% of the population lives below the poverty line. The change is that now? During one of his last campaign rallies, November 2 in Manhattan, this giant of nearly 2 meters recalled its main campaign pledges: higher taxes for more rich to fund preschool for all children over 4 years of after-school programs in the evening college, the construction of 200,000 social housing and maintenance of district hospitals. "We have enough luxury buildings", has insisted the Democrats, who had however been careful during his campaign to meet the business and real estate, the main sources of wealth in New York. Ombudsman elected New York since 2010, former councilor for Brooklyn (2002-2009), former director of Hillary Clinton's campaign when it came to the Senate in 2000, Bill de Blasio has cultivated an image of leftist uninhibited contrasts with that of the current Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former renowned businessman cold and uncompromising. While New Yorkers consider positively the results of the latter at the head of the city, especially in terms of safety and public health, two-thirds of them said aspire to change. The De Blasio, a "Modern Family" With, according to his family, a sense of listening and compromise, Bill de Blasio has sought to stick closer to a cosmopolitan and progressive city. Also, during his campaign, he did not hesitate to put his family contribution to score points. According to U.S. media, the influence of his wife, Chirlane McCray, an African-American poet known for his activism on behalf of women and homosexuals, has been , decisive for the Democrat. As well as public appearances and actions of their two children. When Bill de Blasio had won the Democratic primary on September 11, the applicant had engaged with his wife, their son Dante, 16, and his now famous afro ( see below cons), and their daughter Chiara, 18, wreath in her hair, a little dance very noticeable on camera. Despite the advance that he predicted, De Blasio, to the end, has mobilized its troops in a city that traditionally vote for municipal bit. The new mayor of New York will take office on 1 January 2014. With news