Bill de Blasio

Bill de Blasio is a figure I approach with a certain seriousness. Born in Manhattan in 1961, an NYU-trained lawyer, he served as New York City's 110th mayor from 2014 to 2021 after a stint as Public Advocate. I find it telling that the man born Warren Wilhelm chose to carry the name de Blasio, a quiet assertion of heritage. Running a city that vast for eight years is a constant high-wire act, and opinions on his record are sharply divided. I won't pretend to settle that debate, but I do respect the nerve it takes to govern such an unruly metropolis head-on.

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Name (English)

Bill de Blasio

Name (Japanese)

ビル・デブラシオ

Reading

びる・でぶらしお

Born

May 8, 1961 (age 65)

Origin

Manhattan, New York, United States

Height

195 cm

Occupation

politician / lawyer / mayor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Ox

University

New York University

• Official sitehttps://www.billdeblasio.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/billdeblasio/
• Xhttps://x.com/BilldeBlasio
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20de%20Blasio
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B7%E3%82%AA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4911497

Tags

• New York
• politician
• lawyer
• mayor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.