Mayor de Blasio claims 500,000 New Yorkers moved out of poverty during his 8-year tenure

By Julia Moro

Posted on December 13, 2021

With about two weeks left in his tenure, Mayor Bill de Blasio seemed to move into his reflective phase Monday, taking a victory lap for his administration’s efforts to combat poverty during his eight years in office.

New York faced “intense” inequity when de Blasio, who campaigned on ending “a tale of two cities,” took office in 2014. At his Dec. 13 briefing, the mayor said his administration made strides to alleviate the economic and social disparities, but there remains work to be done.