Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio wins 2nd term
NEW YORK — Mayor Bill de Blasio cruised to re-election on Tuesday, fending off token opposition to win a second term as the leader of the nation’s largest city.
De Blasio, a Democrat, easily defeated Republican state lawmaker Nicole Malliotakis, of Staten Island, and several third-party candidates.
Speaking to supporters at an election night party at the Brooklyn Museum, de Blasio pledged to make New York the “fairest city in America,” promising to increase investments in pre-kindergarten and affordable housing, to put body cameras on all police officers and to fight for more money to fix the subway system.
“We’ve got to become a fairer city. We’ve got to do it soon, and we’ve got to do it fast,” he said. “You’ve seen some important changes in the last four years, but you ain’t seen nothing yet.”