Sentences with phrase «blasio issued a list»

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio — who endorsed Hillary Clinton in October 2015 — also issued a statement Tuesday condemning the purge of voters from voting lists and added his support for the comptroller's audit.

Mr. de Blasio's office just recently issued a study on what causes congestion in Manhattan as part of yet another political headache — his ill - fated bid to cap Uber — which listed construction and deliveries as culprits but made no mention of horse - drawn carriages.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and former city Comptroller Bill Thompson, who appear to be fighting for the right to meet de Blasio in a runoff — if there is a runoff — took the public advocate to task for flip - flopping on issues such as term limits, for what Quinn called «pie - in - the - sky» promises about education and for accepting campaign donations from building owners who appeared on a slumlord watch list.

«We're owning Rikers Island, we're owning the Housing Authority, whose finances are an absolute and total mess, that's also decades in the making,» said de Blasio who added the Department of Education to the list of difficult issues he inherited from his predecessors.