Former Mayor Bill de Blasio said New York City must be on alert to thwart terrorism in the Big Apple following Hamas’ surprise invasion of Israel. “Of course we stand with the people of Israel,” de Blasio said Sunday on WABC 770 AM’s “The Cats Roundtable” with host John Catsimatidis Sunday. “We’ve got to condemn [terrorism] wholeheartedly the second you see it. New Yorkers have felt terrorism. We know exactly what terrorism is, in ways that a lot of other people have not experienced,” the former mayor said, alluding to...

After nearly 30 years of marriage, former NYC mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray have decided to separate, but not divorce. The couple announced their separation on Wednesday, July 4 in an interview and photoshoot with the New York Times. According to de Blasio, he and McCray will remain living together in their Park Slope home and not end their 29-year marriage.NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio In An Open Relationship With His Wife, But Will Separate The pair, who married in 1994 and share two children, agreed...

While they have no plans to divorce or stop living together in the same house, failed 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, have announced they have formally separated so they can see other people. Blasio, 62, and McCray, 68, who formerly identified as a lesbian, have been married since 1994 and have two children together. The couple revealed in an interview in The New York Times that they agreed to their modern family arrangement after a heart-to-heart conversation...

If you woke up in New York City this morning and the air felt heavier than usual , that wasn’t just the wildfire smoke, firework debris, or general summer humidity. There was also an emotional heaviness: The city’s former first couple, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chirlane McCray, are separating. But separating for these two doesn’t mean actually going separate ways, apparently. After 29 years of marriage, “They are not planning to divorce, they said, but will date other people. They will continue to share the Park Slope townhouse,” according...

NEW YORK — Former New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, announced Wednesday they are separating — effectively ending a marriage that became an integral part of de Blasio’s ascent to Gracie Mansion and his subsequent years leading the city. The duo, who sat down with The New York Times to explain their decision, will not divorce or even move out of their Park Slope row house. Instead, they will live together and date other people. “You can feel when things are off,” de Blasio told...

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, announced they're separating after 30 years of marriage — without filing for divorce and while still living together for now. In an extended interview published in the New York Times Wednesday, the pair explained that their union had grown stagnant and they needed a change. “I just want to have fun,” McCray said before quickly turning to de Blasio adding: “It’s not that we haven’t had fun.” “Thank you, honey,” he said, according to The New York...

The pair confirmed their breakup after 29 years of marriage in a prolific interview with The New York Times published on Wednesday, revealing that they would be undergoing a trial separation and dating other people but weren't planning to divorce. In the interview, de Blasio, 62, and McCray, 68, said that while they were grateful for his experience as former mayor of New York City, it took a toll on their marriage. “Everything was this overwhelming schedule, this sort of series of tasks," de Blasio told the outlet. "And that...

NEW YORK - Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chirlane McCray told the New York Times they are separating. The former first couple of New York have been married for 29 years. They say they still plan to live together, but will date other people. De Blasio cited his time as mayor and the COVID pandemic as two major sources of strain on their relationship. They told the Times that they made the decision two months ago, and decided the best way to go public with the...

The former New York City mayor and his wife of nearly 30 years plan to remain married and stay in their Park Slope home but will start dating other people, they told The New York Times.

“I can look back now and say, ‘Here were these inflection points where we should have been saying something to each other,’” De Blasio said. “And I think one of the things I should have said more is: ‘Are you happy? What will make you happy? What’s missing in your life?’”

Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and his lesbian wife have announced their separation after almost 30 years of marriage in a deeply personal interview. De Blasio, 62, and Chirlane McCray, 68, divulged a variety of causes for their split - from Covid to the pressure of her previously declared sexuality - and said they are still going to live together in Brooklyn while seeing other people. In their lengthy interview with the New York Times, de Blasio also spoke of his recent decision to start dyeing his hair. Their...