--- ---  # New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Endorses Hillary Clinton by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Oct 30, 2015 1:57 PM UTC  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio attends the Answer the Call 30th Anniversary Gala at The Waldorf Astoria on October 22, 2015 in New York City. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio attends the Answer the Call 30th Anniversary Gala at The Waldorf Astoria on October 22, 2015 in New York City.Mike Pont—WireImage/Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Oct 30, 2015 1:57 PM UTC New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has [endorsed](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/31/nyregion/bill-de-blasio-finally-endorses-hillary-clinton.html?%5Fr=0) Hillary Clinton for President. The liberal Democrat’s endorsement comes some six months after he declined to throw his weight behind the candidate in a _Meet the Press_ appearance. But on Friday on _Morning Joe_, he said, “The candidate who I believe can fundamentally address income inequality effectively, the candidate who has the right vision, the right experience and the ability to get the job done, is Hillary Clinton.” While Clinton herself did not issue a statement about the mayor, her campaign commented to the New York _Times_ that the endorsement was “a sign of the campaign’s continued momentum” and that 85 more mayors from around the country would endorse her today. \[[_NYT_](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/31/nyregion/bill-de-blasio-finally-endorses-hillary-clinton.html?%5Fr=0)\] New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Endorses Hillary Clinton ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4094173/new-york-mayor-bill-de-blasio-endorses-hillary-clinton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4094173/new-york-mayor-bill-de-blasio-endorses-hillary-clinton/"},"headline":"New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Endorses Hillary Clinton","datePublished":"2015-10-30T13:57:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:13:27.460Z","description":"Liberal Democrat had earlier declined to endorse the front-runner","url":"https://time.com/4094173/new-york-mayor-bill-de-blasio-endorses-hillary-clinton/","keywords":["Election 2016"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdcf5ae6dc59c81e7/69886eed524fc08663df5453/de-blasio.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdcf5ae6dc59c81e7/69886eed524fc08663df5453/de-blasio.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Answer The Call 30th Anniversary Gala","caption":"Answer The Call 30th Anniversary Gala","creditText":"Mike Pont—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/election-2016/","name":"Election 2016"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4094173/new-york-mayor-bill-de-blasio-endorses-hillary-clinton/","name":"New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Endorses Hillary Clinton"}}]}] ```