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Are Bill de Blasio and wife Chirlane McCray divorced yet?

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American politician Bill de Blasio, whose full name was Warren Wilhelm Jr., served as New York City’s 109th mayor from 2014 to 2021. His birthday is May 8, 1961. He is a Democrat who held the position of Public Advocate for New York City from 2010 until 2013.

De Blasio was born in Manhattan and spent the majority of his childhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After graduating from Columbia University and New York University, he spent a short time managing the campaigns of Charles Rangel and Hillary Clinton.

From 2002 until 2009, De Blasio served as the 39th district representative for Brooklyn on the New York City Council. After holding the position of public advocate for one term, he was elected mayor of New York City in 2013 and later again in 2017.

On the other hand, American author, editor, and activist Chirlane Irene McCray was born on November 29, 1954. Springfield, Massachusetts, the city where McCray was born and reared, served as her upbringing. Her mother, Katharine Clarissa Eileen, worked as an assembly worker at an electronics factory, while her father, Robert Hooper McCray, was an inventory clerk at a military installation.

She is the wife of former New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and has been described as his “closest advisor.”Her grandmother’s last name, Quashie, is of Ghanaian origin even though she has Barbadian and St. Lucian descent. She was appointed by her husband to be the executive director of ThriveNYC, a $1 billion project, and served as the chair of the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City. She has also released poetry and speeches she wrote for politicians.

Are Bill de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray divorced yet?

After nearly 30 years of marriage and a prosperous political partnership, former mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray announced their separation on Wednesday. Keeping their marriage intact, McCray and De Blasio want to live together in their Park Slope townhouse.