“Bill de Blasio strode onstage in Brooklyn on Tuesday night to give his victory speech as New York City’s mayor-elect to a song by a teenager from New Zealand, “Royals,” by Lorde. “Royals” is currently the No. 1 song in the United States on Billboard magazine’s Hot 100. It also gives catchy form to what had been a major theme of the de Blasio campaign: his “tale of two cities,” addressing the income inequality between the wealthy few and a struggling majority.”*
By a HUGE margin, Bill de Blasio has won the NYC mayorship, bringing about a new era to the city. But will he uphold his progressive ideals? Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
*Read more from New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/07/nyregion/song-introducing-de-blasio-victory-speech-shares-his-theme.html?hpw&rref=nyregion
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