De Blasio to run for Congress in redrawn district

Bill de Blasio, the former two-term Democratic New York City mayor, said he’s planning to run for Congress in New York’s 10th Congressional District, which is in the process of being redrawn.

“The polls show people are hurting,” de Blasio said during an television interview Friday morning on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. “They need help, they need help fast, and they need leaders who can actually get them help now and know how to do it. I do know how to do it, from years of serving the people of this city, and so today I’m declaring my candidacy for Congress in the 10th Congressional District of New York.”

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