At a time when New York City is seemingly facing a leadership crisis, Michael Blake, the son of Jamaican immigrants, says his decision to run for mayor is driven by his belief that “New York City deserves better and is due the best in leadership.”
Blake grew up in a working-class family in the Bronx—his mother was a 40-year manufacturer who raised four boys, and his late father, a member of the labor union 1199SEIU, worked as a maintenance supervisor at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx — told Caribbean Life that he is “committed to tackling the issues that affect the everyday lives of New Yorkers, especially those who have been marginalized.”
