Bill De Blasio Says His Group to Present ‘Progressive Agenda’ May 12
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will release his own “contract with America” on May 12, an effort to draw attention to his nationwide effort to resolve income inequality.
De Blasio told MSNBC host Joe Scarborough on Wednesday that he would issue the plan on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. He’ll be joined by elected officials, activists and celebrities. He borrowed the idea from someone he seldom agrees with, former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, who made a right-wing contract the centerpiece of congressional elections two decades ago.
“I obviously disagree with Newt Gingrich on many things, but in 1994 he put forward the contract with America, and it had a crystallizing effect for his party and for conservatives,” said de Blasio, a Democrat. “We’ll offer a straightforward, clear, sharp progressive agenda for addressing income inequality.”
“We’ll offer a straightforward clear sharp progressive agenda for addressing income inequality.”
Mayor Bill de Blasio
The agenda will include higher taxes on the wealthy, an increase in the minimum wage and paid sick leave.
De Blasio, 53, hosted an April 2 meeting at Gracie Mansion, his official Manhattan residence, that included Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy; former Governor Ted Strickland and U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, both of Ohio; and Jonathan Soros, son of the billionaire hedge fund founder and philanthropist George Soros.
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