Bill de Blasio announced he was dropping out of a crowded congressional race to represent Lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn.
, just 5 percent of respondents supported de Blasio, putting him at the back of a pack that includes Council Member Carlina Rivera, Assemblymembers Yuh-Line Niou and Jo Anne Simon, former federal prosecutor Dan Goldman and U.S. Rep. Mondaire Jones. Despite de Blasio's almost universal name recognition in vote-rich parts of the district, Rivera led the poll with 15 percent support.
Bruce Gyory, a senior government and policy adviser at law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips who has been tracking the race, said New York City mayors typically have a hard time winning elected office after their terms are up. Running city government inevitably involves making decisions about sanitation, crime, housing and education that anger some slice of the electorate. And after eight years, those slices add up to a significant portion of the pie.
chipping in — and as of the end of June had spent just over $60,000, leaving him sitting on a serious pot of cash. The former mayor and some of the past campaign committees he is associated with have outstanding tabs, though it was unclear if he could use any of the federal contributions to pay off those bills.The "Baywatch" alum says she was shamed over a Fourth of July bathing suit photo.
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