Read about DeBlasio's wife http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirlane_McCray
Chirlane I. McCray is an African American writer and political figure. She has written poetry and worked in politics as a speechwriter. McCray is married to Bill de Blasio, the New York City Public Advocate.
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
3 Personal
4 References
5 External links
Early life
When McCray was ten years old, her family moved to Longmeadow, Massachusetts, becoming the second black family to live there. Other families in the neighborhood circulated petitions demanding they leave. She wrote poetry as a means of expressing her anger with racism.[1] She came out of the closet as a lesbian at the age of 17.[2]
Career
McCray enrolled at Wellesley College in 1972 and became a member of the Combahee River Collective. After graduating, she moved to New York City to work for Redbook. She published an essay in Essence in 1979 titled, "I Am a Lesbian",[1] an essay described as "groundbreaking".[2] The purpose of the essay was to "dispel the myth that there are no gay black people".[3] Some of her poetry is included in Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology.[4]
In 1991, McCray entered politics. She worked as a speechwriter for David Dinkins, the Mayor of New York City.[5] She worked as a speechwriter for New York Comptroller Carl McCall and New York City Comptroller Bill Thompson.[6] During the Clinton Administration, she worked for the New York Foreign Press Center as a Public Affairs Specialist.[7] In 2004, she left Thompson's office to work in the private sector.[8] She worked for five years at Maimonides Medical Center.[9]
Personal
McCray met Bill de Blasio when they both worked for Dinkins in 1991.[1][5] De Blasio was at the time a deputy mayor's aide. McCray and de Blasio fell in love and married in Prospect Park in 1994.[1][10] When asked about her sexuality, McCray stated that she hates "labels".[11] The couple have two children: Chiara and Dante, and live in Park Slope, Brooklyn.[1][5]
It just gets worse and worse. When did all morals end up in the toilet? If people don't like labels, they shouldn't go around flaunting their sexuality. Who cares? They label themselves and then want to complain about it being an issue. Thanks, for the post Mord.
I looked at De Blasio's bio and
De Blasio has been an active advocate for transgendered, gays and (illegal) immigrants. Great
When are we going to have another Mayor in NYC who is going to be concerned about issues that concern quality of life for all New Yorkers...not just the immoral or illegal.
From Wiki:
New York City Council (2001–2009)
Elections
In 2001, de Blasio decided to run for the New York City Council's 39th district which includes the Brooklyn neighborhoods of: Borough Park, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Gowanus, Kensington, Park Slope, and Windsor Terrace. He won the crowded primary election 32% of the vote.[8] In the general election, he defeated Republican Robert A. Bell 71%–17%.[9] In 2003, he won re-election to a second term with 72% of the vote.[10] In 2005, he won re-election to a third term with 83% of the vote.[11]
Tenure
On the City Council, de Blasio passed legislation to prevent landlord discrimination against tenants who hold federal housing subsidy vouchers, and helped pass the HIV/AIDS Housing Services law, improving housing services for low income New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS.[12] [13] As head of the City Council’s General Welfare Committee, de Blasio helped pass the Gender-Based Discrimination Protection law to protect transgendered New Yorkers, and passed the Domestic Partnership Recognition Law to ensure that same sex couples in a legal partnership could enjoy the same legal benefits as heterosexual couples in New York City.[14] During his tenure, the General Welfare Committee also passed the Benefits Translation for Immigrants Law, which helped non-English speakers access free language assistance services when accessing government programs.
My mother had to learn English (she was born in Italy) in order to function and become a citizen of this country. If we stop catering to immigrants and they have to work to belong here...they learn to respect and love this country.
I agree with Chaim. DeBlasio would be a big disaster as mayor. Just like one of his mentors, Dinkins was.