But the kettling strategy was broadly defended at the time by Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Dermot Shea, who said it was needed because the protesters were defying curfews set after looters ransacked parts of Manhattan.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11810701/Sisters-plaintiffs-awarded-21-500-suing-NYC.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Cohen in particular became notorious for his alcohol-fueled diatribes, which last year took down New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and TV personality Ryan Seacrest.

Source: https://deadline.com/2022/12/cnns-andy-cohen-anderson-cooper-dont-drink-alcohol-but-find-workaround-1235209518/

DeRosa blames 'far left officials' like de Blasio for taking up 'defund the police'

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12660383/Bill-Blasio-DELIBERATELY-did-not-deploy-NYPD-cops-BLM-protests-2020-amid-fears-clashes-embarrass-Andrew-Cuomos-ex-aide-claims.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Dr. Jay Varma, who served as a top health adviser to Mr. de Blasio, called on the city to reopen all the clinics.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/29/nyregion/adams-nyc-services-performance.html

Following his remarks, de Blasio signed a law requiring the phase-out of fossil fuel usage in new buildings.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/03/16/san-francisco-becomes-latest-democratic-city-to-crack-down-on-gas-appliances/

Former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s approval rating dropped nearly 20 percentage points, while New York Mayor Bill de Blasio left office with a lower favorability rating among New Yorkers than former President Donald Trump.

Source: https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2023/0223/Chicago-mayoral-race-spotlights-cities-post-pandemic-struggles?icid=rss

Former Mayor Bill de Blasio called the digidog program “creepy” and “alienating.”

Source: https://www.bupipedream.com/opinions/141315/theodore-brita/

Mayor Eric Adams said that any criticism from the de Blasio administration was unfair, given that it had left the city in “total disarray.”

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/04/nyregion/eric-adams-de-blasio.html

Mr. Adams, a moderate Democrat who is entering his second year in office, said he had recently called Mr. de Blasio to complain about the attacks.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/04/nyregion/eric-adams-de-blasio.html

The Adams administration stalled expansion of 3-K, which provides care to 3-year-olds, last year, citing mismanagement of the program by the previous administration of former Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Source: https://gothamist.com/news/city-council-bill-would-expand-free-childcare-to-nyc-infants-as-young-as-6-weeks-old

The approach is a marked difference by Albany standards, given the notoriously icy relationship shared by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/10/hochul-adams-housing-crime-new-york-00076641