And Bill Neidhardt, who recently founded the progressive consulting firm Left Flank Strategies, said “I don’t have anything to say here, not familiar with the plans.”ĭe Blasio’s record on crime, however, could weaken his chances among voters in the new district, which in addition to parts of lower Manhattan and his home neighborhood of Park Slope, as of now includes portions of Borough Park, DUMBO, Brooklyn Heights, Windsor Terrace and Prospect Heights. “I’ll stay out of this one,” Eric Phillips said in a text message to City & State. Two of de Blasio’s former press secretaries had little to say about the Wednesday announcement. honestly this whole process has been so fucked up it’s anyone’s game, and he has the name recognition.” “Stranger things have happened this year, and he might have a shot,” Olivia Lapeyrolerie, former first deputy press secretary to de Blasio and vice president at the political consulting firm SKDK, told City & State in a text message on Wednesday. “As the district is cut, in lower Manhattan, we have enough woke people who would vote for him, and he has brownstone Brooklyn, which has always been his base. It’s a smart move for him professionally,” veteran political consultant Hank Sheinkopf, a frequent de Blasio critic, said Wednesday. His gubernatorial hopes and presidential campaign were widely mocked, but opinions appear to have swung in his favor, for now. He ran for president in 2020, and before he was elected mayor, served as New York City Public Advocate and on the City Council. In February, weeks after he finally put speculation to rest that he might run for governor, he reportedly considered challenging Max Rose in a Democratic primary for the 11th Congressional District. Moderate entrepreneur Brian Robinson has also said he plans to run.ĭe Blasio’s Congressional bid is the seventh political office he’s considered running, or actually run for in the past decade. Brad Hoylman and Simcha Felder, and Assembly Members Yuh-Line Niou, Robert Carroll and Jo Anne Simon have all expressed interest. Former New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, former Council Member David Yassky, Council Member Carlina Rivera, state Sens. Former lawyer to House Democrats, Daniel Goldman, is among the latest to weigh a run, sources told City & State on Wednesday. The newly redrawn congressional map is slated to be finalized Friday, and already, the District 10 field is becoming crowded with prospects to fill the open seat. “Bill de Blasio is the most qualified progressive candidate who I believe can win this diverse seat,” Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, chair of the Kings County Democratic Executive Committee, said in a statement on Wednesday. Dan Goldman, former House impeachment counsel, considering a run for Congress in open seatĭraft congressional maps cause headaches for Democratsĭe Blasio on Wednesday launched an exploratory committee to weigh his prospects in the race, and within hours lapped up a major endorsement.
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