Edwin J. Torres/Mayoral Photography Office.
The mayor at a town hall meeting in Queens last week.
This fall, veteran journalist Juan Gonzalez and respected scholar Joseph Viteritti each published revealing books about de Blasio’s life, his rise to power and the progress—and shortcomings—of his mayoralty. We sat down to share insights about where the mayor might be headed in a second term.
The 2017 election is in the books and, while there were few upsets, that doesn’t mean there weren’t surprises.
Margaret Chin took 49.9 percent of the vote; challenger Christopher Marte took 37 percent.
Mayor de Blasio was resoundingly re-elected. Almost every other incumbent was also safely returned to power. NYC’s government in 2018 will look much like it has for the past four years. But rising seas, term limits, population growth and federal cuts could reshape the city and its politics even if the voters did not.
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