De Blasio wants mayor to step in on school bus strike
Photo credit: Charles Eckert | New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, center, gives supporters the thumbs-up after announcing that he is running for mayor on Sunday in Brooklyn. Bill de Blasio made the announcement on the sidewalk in front of his Park Slope house. (Jan. 27, 2013)
New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio on Tuesday urged Mayor Michael Bloomberg to bring all parties of the school bus strike together for a "cooling off" period and to get drivers on the road again.
"The absence of these buses has changed the lives of our children for the worse," de Blasio said, holding a letter signed by parents asking the mayor to step in.
De Blasio, a Democrat...
