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Peter Principle, Part 2? Mayor: Forget the Past

By RICHARD STEIER
Posted 11/15/21

Late last month, Mayor de Blasio filed paperwork to create a committee called New Yorkers for a Fair Future under which he could raise funds for a campaign for Governor.

By Election Day, there was speculation that he would announce his entry into the gubernatorial primary that Thursday. The timing made sense: the day before figured to be dominated by the aftermath of Eric Adams's resounding victory in the race to succeed him, and doing it Nov. 4 would make him a center of attention when he ventured down to Puerto Rico for the weekend SOMOS conference that attracts most of the major players in New York State's political world.

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