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  • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio marches along Fifth Avenue during the 58th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan on June 14, 2015. The parade, one of the largest in the city, celebrates Puerto Rican heritage and culture.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ John Paraskevas
  • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, listens as Gen. John F. Kelly, of the U.S. Marine Corps, the commander of the United States Southern Command, speaks during a Memorial Day Ceremony at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum Complex on Monday, May 25, 2015. Gen. Kelly's youngest son, 2nd Lieutenant Robert Michael Kelly, was killed in action in Sangin, Afghanistan, on Nov. 9, 2010.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ John Paraskevas
  • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, center, is joined by New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Travis Bassett, left, and New York City Office of Emergency Management Commissioner Joseph Esposito, right, during a news conference at OEM headquarters in Brooklyn to discuss the high temperatures on Monday, July 20, 2015. Mayor Blasio today urged New Yorkers to take steps to protect themselves and help others who may be at increased risk from the heat, including vulnerable individuals such as seniors and those with chronic health problems.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/ J. Conrad Williams
  • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and others hold a news conference at Cardinal Spellman in the Bronx on Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Mayor de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bratton discussed a reduction in crime in the 47th precinct attributed to the NYPD's Summer All Out program.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / John Paraskevas
  • New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton, left, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, right, hold a news conference at the YM & YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood to unveil the NYPD's new neighborhood policing plan called
    Photo Credit: Daniel Goodrich
  • Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the City of New York will partner with Warby Parker to provide a free pair of eye glasses to over 20,000 city school students. Mayor de Blasio and Richard Buery, deputy mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives, show a pair of sample eyeglasses at a news conference on Wednesday, June 24, 2015, at the Vito Marcantonio P.S. 50 School.
    Photo Credit: Daniel Goodrich
  • Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday, June 18, 2015, that Central Park and Prospect Park will be mostly car free. The mayor made the announcement at the Bartel-Pritchard Square entrance to Prospect Park in Brooklyn. He is flanked by DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, left, and Sue Donoghue, Prospect Park administrator and president of the Prospect Park Alliance.
    Photo Credit: Daniel Goodrich
  • Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday, June 18, 2015 that Central Park and Prospect Park will be mostly car free. The mayor made the announcement at the Bartel-Pritchard Square entrance to Prospect Park in Brooklyn. He is flanked by DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, left, dark suit, and at right Sue Donoghue. Prospect Park Administrator and President of the Prospect Park Alliance.
    Photo Credit: Daniel Goodrich
  • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers the State of the City address at Baruch College, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • New York Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks about the snowstorm at a news conference at the Emergency Operations Center in Brooklyn on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Anthony Lanzilote
  • Mayor Bill de Blasio, at a news conference on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, at the Sanitation Department garage on Bloomfield Street in Manhattan, urges New Yorkers to get off the streets before the winter storm reaches its peak.
    Photo Credit: Theodore Parisienne
  • Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a public hearing on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 at City Hall.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Alejandra Villa
  • Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Monday, Nov. 17, 2014, that New York City is investing $140 million for expanding manufacturing and creating 3,000 jobs at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for what's known as Building 77.
    Photo Credit: Uli Seit
  • New York Mayor Bill de Blasio walks to a waiting vehicle after he and his family spent their first night at Gracie Mansion on Monday, July 28, 2014. The de Blasios are the first mayoral family to officially reside in the mansion in 13 years.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Mayor Bill de Blasio, center, and Police Commissioner William Bratton, second from left, discuss the death of Eric Garner, 43, while Zachary Carter, far left, Acting Chief of Department Robert Boyce, second from right, and Deputy Commissioner Ben Tucker, far right, look on during an event on July 18, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Bryan Smith
  • Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks outside of the home of Tonyelle Jobity, front right, in Canarsie, Brooklyn, which is now being repaired after Hurricane Sandy by the Build It Back program on Thursday, July 17, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Linda Rosier
  • Mayor Bill de Blasio greets commuters and hands out fliers to promote the paid sick-leave law at the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center subway station in Downtown Brooklyn Wednesday, July 16, 2014. The new law goes into effect July 30.
    Photo Credit: Linda Rosier
  • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio helps lift a 3-ton, 80-foot-tall Giglio tower in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Sunday, July 13, 2014. The Giglio lift is a tradition in which more than 250 men recreate the return of St. Paulinus, the bishop of Nola.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Mayor Bill de Blasio and other officials visit the Boulevard Houses in Brooklyn on Wednesday, June 11, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Theodore Parisienne
  • Vivian Barnes receives a Distinguished Service Medal on Tuesday, June 10, 2014 from Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner William Bratton on behalf of her daughter, Police Officer Karen Barnes, who died of 9/11 related illness in 2011.
    Photo Credit: Bryan Smith
  • Mayor Bill de Blasio and retired fire chief Daniel Nigro pose for photos after he was sworn in as the new FDNY commissioner during a ceremony at the FDNY Headquarters in Brooklyn on Monday June 9, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Alejandra Villa
  • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio marches in the 57th Annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan on Sunday, June 8, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner William J. Bratton release the name and photograph of the suspect in the killing of two toddlers in Brooklyn on June 4, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Agaton Strom
  • Principal Robin Connolly, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Deputy Mayor Richard Buery speak during a roundtable discussion at PS 239 Q in Queens on June 3, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Agaton Strom
  • Mayor Bill de Blasio tours a Pre-K class at the Brooklyn Chinese American Association Early Childhood Education Center in Sunset Park, Brooklyn on Tuesday, May 27, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Linda Rosier
  • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio during the New York State Democratic convention at the Huntington Hilton in Melville on Thursday, May 22, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Barry Sloan
  • New York Mayor Bill de Blasio introduces Anne Hidalgo, the newly elected first female mayor of Paris, during a press conference at City Hall on Friday, May 30, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Anne Hidalgo, the newly elected first female mayor of Paris, enter City Hall's Blue Room for a news conference on Friday, May 30, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • Mayor Bill de Blasio visits a fourth-grade art class at P.S. 69 in Queens on Monday, May 12, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Bryan Smith
  • Teachers union president Michael Mulgrew speaks as Mayor Bill de Blasio announces that the city and the United Federation of Teachers have reached a preliminary agreement on a new contract at a press conference at City Hall on Thursday, May 1, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Bryan Smith
  • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio takes a selfie with members of the media on steps of City Hall on the first 60-degree day of his mayoralty on Tuesday, March 11, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • From left to right: St. Pat's for All parade Grand Marshall Terry McGovern, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and Rory O'Neill (aka Panti Bliss) chat before the start of the parade on Skillman Avenue in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Queens on March 02, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • New York Police Commissioner William Bratton and Mayor Bill de Blasio at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn on Wednesday Feb. 25, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Theodore Parisienne
  • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio attends a news conference with union leaders at the Union Johnson Early Learning Center in Manhattan on Jan. 6, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Mayor Bill de Blasio holds presser at the Staten Island Borough Hall at 10 Richmond Terrace on Monday Feb. 24, 2014. The mayor earlier met with Staten Island Borough President James Oddo to discuss Sandy recovery efforts.
    Photo Credit: Theodore Parisienne
  • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers his first State of the City remarks at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City on Monday, Feb. 10, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Mayor Bill de Blasio and Housing Authority General Manager Cecil House appear together at a news conference in East Harlem on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Anthony Lanzilote
  • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at a news conference in City Hall in Manhattan on Friday, Feb. 7, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Anthony Lanzilote
  • Mayor Bill de Blasio, right, announces the appointment of his wife, Chirlane McCray, left, as chairwoman of The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, right, and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton announce on Jan. 30, 2014, that the city will withdraw its appeal of Floyd v. City of New York, the landmark stop-and-frisk case.
    Photo Credit: Linda Rosier
  • New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is joined by families of traffic fatality victims before announcing a new plan on Jan. 15, 2014 to reduce the number of fatal traffic accidents.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/Alejandra Villa
  • Mayor Bill de Blasio announces a new plan on Jan. 15, 2014 to reduce the number of fatal traffic accidents in New York City.
    Photo Credit: Newsday/Alejandra Villa
  • Former President Bill Clinton administers the oath as Bill de Blasio is joined by his wife Chirlane McCray, son Dante, and daughter Chiara, as he is sworn in as the 109th Mayor of New York City during a ceremony outside of City Hall in Manhattan on Jan. 1, 2014.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Mayor Bill de Blasio poses for a picture with his grand niece Jade Davis, 6, after his ceremonial inauguration as the 109th Mayor of New York City on Wednesday in Manhattan. (Jan. 01, 2014).
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Bill de Blasio speaks with New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo after being sworn in as the 109th Mayor of New York City during a ceremony outside of City Hall on Wednesday in Manhattan. (January 01, 2014). de Blasio, the first Democratic mayor in two decades, has promised a new era of progressive leadership.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer's son Max runs away from his parents as Stringer is sworn in during a ceremony of City Hall on Wednesday in Manhattan. (January 01, 2014).
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • From left seated in the front row: Senator Charles Schumer, Diana Taylor, Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Sandra Lee, and Governor Andrew Cuomo on the dais before President Bill Clinton administers the oath of office to new Mayor Bill de Blasio outside of City Hall on Wednesday in Manhattan. (Jan. 01, 2014).
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Former President Bill Clinton shakes hands with Mayor Bill de Blasio after administering the oath of office during a ceremony outside of City Hall on Wednesday in Manhattan. de Blasio, the first Democratic mayor in two decades, has promised a new era of progressive leadership. (January 01, 2014).
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Bill de Blasio is joined by his wife Chirlane McCray, son Dante, and daughter Chiara the blow kisses to audience members after taking the oath of office becoming the109th Mayor of New York City during a ceremony outside of City Hall in Manhattan. (Jan. 1, 2014)
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Former President Bill Clinton shakes hands with Mayor Bill de Blasio before administering the ceremonial oath of office during a ceremony outside of City Hall on Wednesday in Manhattan. (Jan. 01, 2014).
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Former President Bill Clinton shakes hands with Mayor Bill de Blasio after administering the oath of office during a ceremony outside of City Hall on Wednesday in Manhattan. (January 01, 2014).
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • NYC mayor-elect Bill de Blasio. (Dec. 29, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio high-fives New York City public school children after a news conference at William Alexander Middle School. (Dec. 30, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio appointed Alicia Glen as his new deputy mayor for Housing and Economic Development and appointed Laura Santucci as his new chief of staff. (Dec. 23, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • (L-R) Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio, Alicia Glen, and Laura Santucci attend a news conference at MILGO/BUFKIN, a family run metal fabricator, at which the mayor-elect made two key appointments in Brooklyn. (Dec. 23, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Alberto Amore cuts New York City mayoral-elect Bill de Blasio's hair at Astor Place Hairstylists in Manhattan. (Oct. 29, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio's alliance with SEIU, and that of appointees, is a thread in the administration.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio reflects about the life of Nelson Mandela as he addresses the congregation at the Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn. (Dec. 8, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Mayor elect Bill De Blasio visits the Northside Center for Child Development in East Harlem. (Dec. 3, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Linda Rosier
  • Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio, right, holds a press conference to announce his appointment of William J. Bratton, left, to serve as New York City's next police commissioner. (Dec. 4, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio hugs his daughter Chiara and son Dante during a celebration of his victory in the New York City mayoral race on Nov. 5, 2013.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Bill de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray celebrate on his victory in the New York City mayoral race on Nov. 5, 2013.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Bill de Blasio celebrates his victory in the New York City mayoral race. (Nov. 5, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Democratic Mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio exits his polling place in Brooklyn on Nov. 5, 2013 with, from left, his daughter Chiara de Blasio, his wife, Chirlane McCray, and son Dante de Blasio.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Democratic mayoral nominee Bill de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, greet supporters at the intersection of 116th Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem. (Sept. 26, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio campaigns at the Red Hook Initiative, a nonprofit after-school program in Brooklyn. (Oct. 2, 2013)??
    Photo Credit: Anthony Lanzilote
  • Democratic mayoral candidate Bill De Blasio greets supporters outside the National Action Network headquarters in Harlem. (Oct. 5, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Linda Rosier
  • Democratic mayoral candidate Bill De Blasio prepares to speak with reporters outside the National Action Network headquarters in Harlem. (Oct. 5, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Linda Rosier
  • Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio marches in the New York City Dominican Day Parade in Manhattan. (Aug. 11, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio leaves a Manhattan press conference organized by the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York. (Sept. 23, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio receives hugs from prekindergarteners after reading
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio shakes hands with Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the City Lab Conference at the Conrad Hotel in Manhattan. (Oct. 8, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Anthony Lanzilote
  • Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio and his family ride a float during the annual African American Day Parade in Manhattan. (Sept. 15, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio is endorsed by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, his former rival for the Democratic mayoral nomination, outside City Hall in Manhattan. (Sept. 16, 2013).
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio campaigns at the Red Hook Initiative, a nonprofit after school program in Red Hook, Brooklyn. (Oct. 2, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Anthony Lanzilote
  • Democratic nominee for mayor and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio receives hugs after reading
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Bennet Bennet, left, Rudolph Bennet, Chirlane McCray, Gabriele Bennet, Democratic mayoral nominee Bill de Blasio, and Marcia Bennet, discuss the damage that superstorm Sandy did to the Bennets' home in Queens. McCray is de Blasio's wife. (Sept. 29, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Democratic mayoral nominee Bill de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray greet people at the intersection of West 116th Street and Lenox Avenue in Manhattan. (Sept. 26, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Democratic mayoral nominee Bill de Blasio and Comptroller John Liu. (Sept. 24, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio speaks during a news conference organized by the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York. (Sept. 23, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio accepts the endorsement of U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer outside Brooklyn Borough Hall.(Sep. 20, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Anthony Lanzilote
  • Governor Andrew Cuomo and Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio on the steps of City Hall. (Sept. 16, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio celebrates with his wife Chirlane McCray and daughter Chiara de Blasio in Brooklyn. (Sept. 10, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio celebrates at The Bell House in Brooklyn with his wife Chirlane McCray, daughter Chiara de Blasio and son Dante de Blasio. (Sept. 10, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • From left: Chiara de Blasio, Dante de Blasio, Bill de Blasio, and his wife Chirlane de Blasio, perform a cheer during the parade in Brooklyn. (Sept. 2, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane, march in the 46th annual West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn. (Sept. 2, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • New York City mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio during the NYC Pride parade. (June 30, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • New York Mayoral Candidate Bill de Blasio walks during the Celebrate Israel Parade along 5th Avenue in Manhattan. (June 2, 2013)
    Photo Credit: Steven Sunshine

Bill de Blasio began his tenure as NYC mayor in 2014. See photos of his latest activities in and around the city.

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