And after they helped elect him.
"NYC mayor bars media from dozens of events" Associated Press May 28, 2014
NEW YORK — From the first moments of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration, when he initially declared his midnight swearing-in off limits to the media, he has established a record of frequently conducting public business in private, with dozens of events closed to the press.
In nearly five months in office, de Blasio barred the media from 53 events and limited access to 30 more, an analysis of his schedule shows.
On a handful of days, his entire schedule was off limits.
All told, more than 20 percent of his listed events were closed to the media.
Events in which reporters were notified of their existence but prevented from attending ranged from meetings with government figures such as the mayor of Seattle and Israel’s minister of foreign affairs, to sit-downs with the NBA commissioner, the Rev. Al Sharpton, and the Russian band Pussy Riot.
I didn't know “part of my job description is to be a defender of Israel.” I thought he was mayor of New York City.
Related: At a Jewish Gala, de Blasio Skips His Cue to Speak Out
Pussy Riot Propaganda
I wonder what Al and Adam had to say.
Often, the mayor’s photographer later published images from those so-called private meetings, meaning that an official image of the event is the only one that exists.
De Blasio, a populist Democrat who campaigned with promises of an open administration, said in a news conference in Brooklyn on Tuesday that he ‘‘believes deeply in transparency’’ and that his administration could do better.
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Also see:
New New York Mayor Must Betray Base
He has.
DeBlasio Daughter's Drunken Dump
And she didn't even flush.
De Blasio Already a Disappointment
The Globe's Greasy Fingers
This post already slipping away.
New York's New Midnight Cowboy
The New Voice of Occupy Wall Street
Can't hear him behind the clo$ed door.
Smelly Apple
U.K. Coin Flip
You lose, readers.
Globe Tracks de Blasio's Trailblazing
Backtracking de Blasio
I've lost it.
