{"id":387825,"date":"2021-12-31T04:08:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T01:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/de-blasio-arrived-late-to-his-own-goodbye-party\/"},"modified":"2021-12-31T04:08:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T01:08:46","slug":"de-blasio-arrived-late-to-his-own-goodbye-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/de-blasio-arrived-late-to-his-own-goodbye-party\/","title":{"rendered":"#De Blasio arrived late to his own goodbye party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#De Blasio arrived late to his own goodbye party<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The perennially tardy Mayor de Blasio was two hours late to his own farewell festivities. <\/p>\n<p>The lame-duck leader was scheduled to commemorate his final day at City Hall Thursday with a \u201cwalkout ceremony\u201d outside the building at 3:00 p.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>De Blasio had planned the ceremony a day before his official last day in office. Mayor-elect Eric Adams will take over at midnight on Dec. 31. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But first, the Staten Island funeral for FDNY lieutenant Joseph Maiello, who died on the job, ran late, forcing de Blasio who spoke at the event to push his ultimate press briefing back from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and his walkout from 3:00 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>While the mayor arrived at City Hall at 2:30 p.m. \u2014 to the sound of hecklers shouting \u201cGo home, don\u2019t let the door hit you in the ass!\u201d and \u201cHope you and your wife go to jail!\u201d\u2013 he didn\u2019t start the press briefing until 3:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor played a video of his accomplishments at the top of the briefing then grew weepy as his wife Chirlane McCray and son Dante de Blasio joined him to screen a second short film of prominent New Yorkers like feminist Gloria Steinman and U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer thanking him for his public service. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/mayor-de-blasio-77.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Podium\" class=\"wp-image-20669441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/mayor-de-blasio-77.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/mayor-de-blasio-77.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/mayor-de-blasio-77.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Workers move the podium inside after protesters cause commotion outside.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stephen Yang<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/mayor-de-blasio-75.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Hecklers in front of city hall\" class=\"wp-image-20669438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/mayor-de-blasio-75.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/mayor-de-blasio-75.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/mayor-de-blasio-75.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Hecklers shouting \u201cHope you and your wife go to jail!\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stephen Yang<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe just caught hell the whole way through,\u201d de Blasio told reporters when asked about his infamously antagonistic relationship with former Gov. Cuomo.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, even with Cuomo gone de Blasio was still feeling the heat.<\/p>\n<p>The briefing wr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed up by 4:30 p.m. Yet the walkout ceremony didn\u2019t get underway until 5:00 p.m. as city workers scrambled to move a podium and other equipment indoors because over 50 protestors including Trump supporters and opponents of de Blasio\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine mandates raged outside the City Hall gates.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/mayor-de-blasio-74.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Maga flag\" class=\"wp-image-20669437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/mayor-de-blasio-74.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/mayor-de-blasio-74.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/mayor-de-blasio-74.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Trump supporters and opponents of de Blasio\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine mandates raged outside the City Hall gates.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stephen Yang<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/mayor-de-blasio-76.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Mayor de Blasio protest sing\" class=\"wp-image-20669440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/mayor-de-blasio-76.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/mayor-de-blasio-76.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/mayor-de-blasio-76.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Ring wing protestors gathered outside City Hall with goodbye signs. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stephen Yang<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One duo carried a sign that read \u201cBuy-Bye s\u2013thead\u201d and others yelled profanities through bullhorns including \u201ca\u2013hole.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Another detractor drove up to the gates in an SUV blaring Ray Charles\u2019 \u201cHit the road Jack!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>As about 100 de Blasio supporters crammed inside the City Hall rotunda for his goodbye speech, the city\u2019s Health Commissioner Dr. Dave Chokshi stood nervously by the front door. <\/p>\n<p>For the past several weeks as Omicron has surged, driving up COVID cases and hospitalizations to unprecedented levels, Chokshi has urged New Yorkers to avoid large indoor gatherings. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/mayor-de-blasio-72.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Mayor Bill De Blasio and his wife, First Lady Chirlane McCray.\" class=\"wp-image-20669435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/mayor-de-blasio-72.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/mayor-de-blasio-72.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/mayor-de-blasio-72.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mayor Bill De Blasio and his wife, First Lady Chirlane McCray celebrate.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Erik Pendzich\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/mayor-de-blasio-70.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Mayor Bill De Blasio and his wife, First Lady Chirlane McCray.\" class=\"wp-image-20669433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/mayor-de-blasio-70.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/mayor-de-blasio-70.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/mayor-de-blasio-70.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mayor Bill de Blasio thanked his wife McCray for her support throughout the years. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Erik Pendzich\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By 5:30 p.m. de Blasio had finished his speech where he thanked his wife McCray and other longtime administration officials including First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan and Chief of Staff Emma Wolfe, But instead of walking out the front door of City Hall as planned, he returned to his office. <\/p>\n<p>The unexpected move left a phalanx of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> cameras waiting in the dark. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is doing more work in his office,\u201d mayoral press secretary Danielle Filson told The Post. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a few dozen protestors remained outside the City Hall gates to say their own goodbyes.\n        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The lame-duck leader was scheduled to commemorate his final day at City Hall Thursday with a \u201cwalkout ceremony\u201d outside the building at 3:00 p.m. Thursday. 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