As His Reign Ends, Bill de Blasio Leaves Behind a Lukewarm Legacy

In 25 years, Bill de Blasio has a good chance to be David Dinkins: a New York City mayor who is remembered as better than he seemed when he left office. There would be considerable irony, or maybe symmetry, to that trajectory. De Blasio, whose two terms as mayor end at midnight on December 31, had his first real job in politics as a 29-year-old junior aide to Mayor Dinkins. It was a pivotal time for de Blasio, both personally and professionally: At City Hall, he met the woman he would marry, Chirlane McCray, and he had a front-row seat… Read Full Article