A 'freer' de Blasio convenes labor leaders for private meeting on mayor's race - POLITICO

De Blasio hosted the presidents of District Council 37, the Hotel Trades Council and 32BJ SEIU — unions he counts as allies — at his Gracie Mansion residence last Wednesday evening for a long discussion about the state of the race and the future of the city, the people said.

In a statement, his spokesman Bill Neidhardt simply said, “The mayor and union leaders, who are close friends, joined to talk about the future of the labor movement in New York City and the need to see progressive policies for years to come.”.

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