manhattantimesnews/porque-me-postulo-bill-de-blasio.html Bill de Blasio began his career in public service as a junior staffer for New York City’s first African-American mayor, David N. Dinkins, and later became an assistant for community affairs at City Hall. He then moved to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), working as Regional Director under then-Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo, as New York and New Jersey’s highest-ranking official in the department. In 2002, he was elected to the City Council representing Brooklyn. In his eight years as Councilmember, de Blasio focused his efforts on improving public education, engaging parents, expanding affordable housing, and protecting New York’s middle-class and working poor. In 2010, he was elected and sworn in as Public Advocate, the City’s second-highest elected office. For more on Bill de Blasio, please visit billdeblasio or call 347.746.2455. I am running for Mayor because New York has become a Tale of Two Cities. Nearly 400,000 millionaires call the City home, while nearly half of our neighbors live at or near the poverty line. New York is a place where generations of immigrants have sought freedom and opportunity, but today, decades of broken national policies have forced more than 700,000 hardworking members of our communities into the shadows. As mayor, I’ll spend every waking moment fighting to bring opportunity to every New Yorker — with a plan to create jobs in all five boroughs; dramatically expand affordable housing and accessible health care; increase taxes on the wealthy to fund early childhood and after-school programs; and build police-community relations that keep everyone safer.
Posted on: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 22:42:43 +0000
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