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His family played a central role in that first campaign, both on the trail and in television ads – briefly transforming de Blasio, the gangly, progressive former city public advocate, into a leading contender with unlikely cultural resonance.

McCray had previously identified as a lesbian before their relationship took shape.ĭe Blasio, 62, shocked New York politicos by winning a chaotic Democratic primary in 2013.

The couple first met while working for the late former New York Mayor David Dinkins, the first Black man elected to lead the city, before marrying in 1994. He told CNN that the couple has “said all we’re going to say today.” “Even at this moment of change, this is a love story,” de Blasio said in a tweet linking to the Times interview. They will, however, begin to date other people.

In an interview with The New York Times, de Blasio and McCray said they did not plan to divorce and would continue living together, for now, in their Brooklyn townhouse. Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and wife Chirlane McCray, who for a time became one of the most influential biracial political power couples in America, announced on Wednesday that they are separating.

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