Despite Prior Hints, Former NYC Mayor de Blasio Announces He Will Not Be Running for Governor

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that, despite prior hints, he will not be running to be New York’s next governor.

In a video posted to Twitter Tuesday morning, de Blasio stood on the same Brooklyn street where he first announced his mayoral candidacy.

“No, I am not going to be running for governor in New York state,” he said. “But I am going to devote every fiber of my being to fight inequality in the state of New York.”