De Blasio signs bill supporting COVID-related severance for NYC hotel union

“He still has an opportunity here to leverage his office for his future. Once he’s a former mayor, he’s not going to have opportunities like this to garner support,” said Yang, an ex-campaign adviser to state Attorney General Letitia James and city Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, both of whom are weighing their own gubernatorial bids. “Come Jan. 1, de Blasio is going to have to run as an insurgent, whether he likes it or not.”