His grandparents were from Sant'Agata dei Goti, in the province of Benevento. Since yesterday, he Bill DeBlasio, is the new mayor of New York. The first Democrat to win election in the most populous city in the United States in two decades. Indeed, more than a victory it was a triumph. The Italian American prevailed with a Bulgarian percentage: 73%, against 24 for his Republican rival Joe Lhota.
De Blasio, who thus succeeds the tycoon Michel Bloomberg in the major chair, has established himself thanks to an electoral campaign focused on the battle against economic inequalities. “My fellow New Yorkers – he said in Brooklyn in front of two thousand supporters – today you have spoken out loud and clear for a new direction in our city, united in the belief that no New Yorker should be left behind. The growing inequalities we see, the crisis of opportunity, have been going on for decades but the slow advance of him in our city cannot weaken our resolve ”.
In addition to narrowing the socio-economic gap, the new mayor will face other difficult challenges: bringing the crime rate back to historic lows and reaching an agreement with the unions on wages. The 96-foot-XNUMX giant De Blasio won September's hotly contested Democratic primary by focusing on New York police's controversial "stop and search" tactics (backed by Bloomberg) and lambasting the billionaire mayor for being the mayor of "two New Yorks." , one rich and one poor.
De Blasio also promoted greater access to asylums and a tax for the wealthiest people. He also pledged to fight to save public hospitals from closure. At the media level, one of his strengths has been his family: his son Dante, an afro-haired teenager, has turned into a local celebrity after attacking the "stop and frisk" policy because it mainly affects young men and color.
