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Reporter’s notebook: Curses! de Blasio looks to buck 150 years of NYC mayors failing to find a higher calling

By Robert Pozarycki

Posted on November 3, 2021

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Like anyone about to head into a forced retirement, Bill de Blasio’s looking for his next gig after serving eight years as mayor of New York City.

His sights seem set on Albany — but de Blasio’s road of getting there is much longer and bumpier than the New York State Thruway on its worst day.

See the full article at amNewYork

Reporter’s notebook: Curses! de Blasio looks to buck 150 years of NYC mayors failing to find a higher calling

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