Why Was Bill de Blasio Running for President, Anyway?

We asked a bunch of New Yorkers, and they had some far-flung ideas

Rick Paulas
GEN
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5 min readSep 20, 2019

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YYesterday, Bill de Blasio was nestled above us plebeians in his lofty perch of national ambitions as one of 20 people jockeying for the Democratic nomination for president. Today, he’s down here with the rest of us filth — albeit, still mayor of New York City —…

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Rick Paulas
GEN
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Writes a bunch. VICE, The Awl, Atlas Obscura, Pacific Standard, others, so many others, my goodness. rickpaulas.com for more.