mayor bill de blasio. | drew angerer/getty images by laura nahmias 11/08/16 11:38 am est new york city mayor bill de blasio and his wife, chirlane mccray, rounded the corner on 9th street in brooklyn on foot, trailed by their aides, and walked toward the park slope library at 9:35 a.m. tuesday to cast their ballots for hillary clinton for president. de blasio, who is on a get out the vote blitz and had already visited one site in southeastern queens tuesday morning, was in familiar territory at the library. de blasio lives on the upper east side in gracie mansion, but still owns his family home in park slope, which is what allows him to cast his ballot in brooklyn, rather than uptown. story continued below the park slope library is where he often calls into his weekly radio appearances on wnyc, and it's located across the street from the mayor's favorite coffee shop, colson<u+2019>s patisserie. the site was hillary clinton country on tuesday. a voter in a "taco trucks on every corner" hat passed, and so did a woman who chanted, merrily, "hillary!" "hillary!" "hillary!" as her companion tried to shush her, warning she might be electioneering. the line to vote was already snaking inside the library among the stacks and down into the basement, where four voting booths were set up, when de blasio arrived, in a crisp navy suit. <u+201c>the lines are long,<u+201d> a poll worker explained to the mayor, as he and mccray walked in. <u+201c>we like that, we like that,<u+201d> de blasio said. <u+201c>very busy.<u+201d> a voter in line ahead of the mayor complained to him about the wait. <u+201c>we<u+2019>re all in this together, my friend. patience is a virtue,<u+201d> de blasio said. <u+201c>why aren<u+2019>t you cutting this line?<u+201d> another voter asked. <u+201c>we don<u+2019>t cut lines! this is a democracy,<u+201d> de blasio explained. meanwhile, camera crews in the basement of the library, set up to for their obligatory shot of the mayor casting his ballot, grumbled about the wait. <u+201c>it was his choice<u+201d> to wait, a poll worker explained to the camera crews, who were accustomed to the zippy efficiency of former mayor michael bloomberg's voting process. <u+201c>i went to bring him down, but he says he wants to wait on line like everyone else.<u+201d> about 25 minutes later, de blasio and mccray reached the basement. the mayor cast his ballot, stooping low into the privacy of the booth, so his head was barely visible. he finished, and high-fived a poll-worker as he handed over his ballot. he requested an <u+201c>i voted<u+201d> sticker and one was quickly found for him. the mayor and his wife departed the library, headed across the street for a quick coffee at colson<u+2019>s and came back to the sidewalk outside of the library to talk to the media. <u+201c>i feel great about hillary clinton<u+2019>s chances today,<u+201d> the mayor said, brightly. <u+201d>i look forward to a victory tonight.<u+201d> <u+201c>i really like what i<u+2019>m seeing in terms of turnout so far in the city. chirlane and i were in southeast queens this morning. we saw so many enthusiastic voters,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>we saw lines when we left the upper east side. we see lines here. it<u+2019>s a very good sign that people are so engaged,<u+201d> he added. mccray described the feeling as she cast her ballot for clinton, who would be the first female president. <u+201c>i signed in my bubble slowly, to savor the moment,<u+201d> mccray said. <u+201c>i think sometimes when we<u+2019>re in the middle of making history, it<u+2019>s hard to take stock of the moment. there<u+2019>s something amazing happening. i believe this is the day when we<u+2019>re gong to elect the first woman president of the united states of america,<u+201d> de blasio said. a free synopsis of our pro morning email about new york education policy and politics a free synopsis of our pro morning email about new york energy policy and politics a free synopsis of our pro morning email about new york health care policy and politics a free synopsis of our pro morning email about new york real estate policy and politics our morning email with must-read analysis and breaking news on state news and politics a morning email with must-read analysis and breaking news on city news and politics. a weekly round-up of legislation in city council for politics and policy professionals. a reported briefing on money in politics, executive moves, and trends in communications, lobbying and consulting. our twice-a-week digest of news on courts and the law in new york azi paybarah and jimmy vielkind's must-read briefing informing the daily conversation among knowledgeable new yorkers.
de blasio, after a wait in line, votes and forecasts a clinton victory
laura nahmias