New York City Mayor

• Eric Adams wins race for New York City mayor, 2nd Black leader in city’s history

  Other large American cities that held local elections Tuesday saw police and crime become the top issues among voters, with candidates forced to address rising crime rates.

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  Nov 2, 2021
  
• David Dinkins, first Black mayor of New York City, dies at 93

  Dinkins was doomed to a single term by a soaring murder rate, stubborn unemployment and other issues, losing his re-election bid to Rudy Giuliani in 1993.

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  Nov 24, 2020
  
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• NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio drops 2020 presidential bid: ‘It’s clearly not my time’

  Announcing his decision Friday morning, de Blasio did not throw his support behind any candidate.

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  Sep 20, 2019
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• Michael Bloomberg pledges record $500M of his own money to close coal plants

  Bloomberg is trying to go around the Trump administration, which continues to deny climate change while rolling back clean-energy policies.

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  Jun 7, 2019
• Michael Bloomberg joins Democrats again, remains silent on possible 2020 bid

  Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire businessman and former mayor of New York City, has rejoined the Democratic Party.

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  Oct 10, 2018
• Anthony Weiner: I’d beat Trump Jr. like ‘rented mule’ in mayoral run

  Democratic former congressman Anthony Weiner, who resigned in disgrace amid a sexting scandal, said on Tuesday he would come out of political retirement to thwart a potential mayoral bid by Republican Donald Trump Jr. and would beat him "like a rented mule."

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  Jul 26, 2016