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Bill de Blasio

Bill de Blasio

Bill de Blasio is the mayor of New York City. He has been mayor since 2014. De Blasio received a bachelor’s degree in metropolitan studies from New York University and a master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. In 2019, he ran for the Democratic nomination for president and dropped out in September.

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Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio
stated on June 26, 2019 comments made during the first Democratic presidential primary debate
"It matters that we nominate a candidate who saw the destruction wrought by a broken health care system and gave people universal health care. … These things really matter. And these are the things that I've done in New York."
Mostly False
By Emmarie Huetteman • June 27, 2019
Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio
stated on May 17, 2019 an interview
"We’ve lifted hundreds of thousands of people out of poverty in the last five years."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 10, 2019
Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio
stated on January 3, 2018 a press conference
"The graduation rate in New York City has increased by 50 percent in 13 years"
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By Dan Clark • January 17, 2018
Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio
stated on February 13, 2017 his 2017 State of the City address
"We raised the minimum wage to $15 first in city government. Now, working together with people in Albany, it's the law of the state."
Half-True
By Dan Clark • March 8, 2017
Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio
stated on November 18, 2016 a WNYC interview
On Donald Trump’s plan to cut federal funding to sanctuary cities, "because of a decision by the Supreme Court, no president's in a position to cut off funding across the board. It has to be very specific to the matter at hand."  
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By Miriam Valverde • December 1, 2016
Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio
stated on June 23, 2016 a press conference at New York City Hall.
Says "220,000 New Yorkers would have immediately benefitted had President Obama’s executive action been affirmed. So almost a quarter million of our fellow New Yorkers who are hurting right now whose rights and opportunities were taken away by the Supreme Court."
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By Dan Clark • July 13, 2016
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stated on April 27, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Bill de Blasio is "banning hot dog sales to stop climate change."
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May 7, 2019
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 12, 2018 a press conference
"The only housing authority in the state that we have actually given money to is NYCHA."
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By Dan Clark • March 23, 2018
Ron Castorina, Jr.
Ron Castorina, Jr.
stated on November 28, 2016 a press release
"It is more difficult to obtain a Costco membership than it is to get a NYC Municipal ID"
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By Dan Clark • December 21, 2016
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