TAKE MY WIFE, PLEASE, FOR BEEP IN B’KLYN
Mayor de Blasio is pushing his wife as the next borough president of Brooklyn, insiders say — and he’s even dangling support for incumbent beep Eric Adams’ mayoral run in exchange for Adams’ endorsement of First Lady Chirlane McCray.
De Blasio’s push comes as he’s facing the end of his administration in 2021 and dim prospects for landing another elected office himself. If McCray becomes borough president, that would let the de Blasio family stay in the public spotlight — and provide a needed paycheck.
“It keeps him somewhat relevant or somewhat involved in politics,” an insider told the Daily News. “It doesn’t even look like they’re trying to hide it too much.”
At a meeting around Christmas, de Blasio and Adams discussed the crossendorsements, sources said.
“McCray is not going for the progressive base,” an insider said. “She’s going after the moderate, mostly black, central Brooklyn vote” — which comprises Adams’ own base.
Spokesmen for de Blasio and for Adams’ mayoral campaign both denied the meeting took place and said there’s no deal between them.
The pol who’s expected to become the next chairwoman of the Brooklyn Democratic Party, Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte, is a de
Blasio supporter. She was one of the few elected officials to endorse Hizzoner in his failed presidential run, and is poised to use the Brooklyn machine to get McCray elected.
De Blasio has also been meeting with Orthodox Jewish leaders in the borough to shore up support for his wife, sources said.
“It’s been Brooklyn politics forever,” an insider said of the backroom wheeling and dealing. “Nothing has changed, and the same thing is happening again.”
McCray has discussed her intentions for a beep run with her inner circle of advisers, according to a source familiar with the matter. She has also spoken with BerlinRosen, a public relations firm that worked on de Blasio’s 2013 and 2017 mayoral campaigns.
Staffers gave McCray a cake with icing that read “Chirlane 2021” at a recent birthday party for her at Gracie Mansion.
“She’s always wanted to be an elected,” said the source,