In fact, over half of them do not wish for his re-election, with a recent poll showing his approval rating as 42 percent, and the percentage of those who wish him to be ousted sitting at 51.
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The results were similar to an earlier Quinnipiac survey conducted in mid-May. While only 41 approve of his work.
During an interview at the DNC, the host read an excerpt from an article on de Blasio’s re-zoning of a nursing home into luxury condos.
“For a mayor going into an election year, this is a disturbing poll”, said Maurice Carroll, assistant director of the survey.
In a hypothetical Democratic primary, the poll finds de Blasio trouncing political opponents. This after reps for de Blasio, according to the Daily News, worked to kill Cuomo’s proposed legislation that also would have addressed such daycares.
While the mayor stopped in to Colson Patisserie (374 9th Street), one of his Park Slope haunts, protesters assembled outside at the corner of 6th Avenue and 9th Street As de Blasio walked to the Park Slope YMCA, the cops followed him, shouting “one-term mayor” and mocked his workout with signs saying “Put some sweat into working on our PBA contract”.
Families for Excellent Schools, a charter advocacy group, said the poll proves that de Blasio’s approach to charter schools is not what New Yorkers want. De Blasio gets 43 percent to 10 percent for former city council speaker Christine Quinn, who de Blasio defeated in the 2013 primary and 16 percent for the city comptroller Scott Stringer.
Voters are divided over the mayor’s handling of relations between blacks and whites, with 45 percent approving and 44 percent expressing disapproval.
The New York City mayor has been the subject of five investigations by six different government agencies, primarily focusing on violations concerning his campaign fundraising.
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“We’re 34 percent behind the police officers that surround us”, Lynch says. De Blasio also would beat them if they ran against him as independents, the poll showed. His camp definitely feels he will be re-elected, and that Democratic voters feel he is the “clear choice” when it comes to tending to their needs.
