De Blasio Under Fire

Bill de Blasio, like his progressive political idol Barack Obama, is finding out that you can’t do the New Politics if you don’t pay attention to the old politics.
In Obama’s case, it was a failure to recognize the threat posed to him by Republicans who didn’t buy into his calls for a post-partisan partnership with Congress. For New York’s ambitious liberal mayor, it was an inability to keep long-simmering tensions with the city’s traditionally powerful police department from boiling over in the past few days.
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New York City Leaders tried to Tamp down the strong emotions Coursing through Their City on Monday after the Shooting deaths of two Police Officers , calling for Unity and Urging Protesters to refrain from demonstrations until the Officers Are laid to rest.

In an Emotional speech at a sometimes Heated News conference, Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) Declined to address the Swirling controversy over Whether his vocal Efforts to Reform the Police Department Contributed to Saturday's execution-Style Slaying of Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos. INSTEAD , de Blasio...