Politics & Government
Bill De Blasio Comes Down With Bug, Cancels Events
The mayor was scheduled to host a town hall in Manhattan on Thursday and appear on "The Brian Lehrer Show" Friday morning.
NEW YORK, NY — Bill de Blasio has the flu — maybe. The mayor canceled some public appearances Thursday night and Friday after coming down with a flu-like illness, his top spokesman said.
"It may turn out to just be a virus and not the flu, but he’s sick nonetheless," mayoral press secretary Eric Phillips said in an email.
De Blasio was scheduled to host a town hall Thursday night with City Councilman Ben Kallos and take questions from callers on WNYC's "The Brian Lehrer Show" on Friday morning. Both events were canceled.
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The town hall will be rescheduled for "sometime in the next few weeks," Phillips said, and the mayor expects to be back to his weekly stint on WNYC next Friday.
(Lead image: Mayor Bill de Blasio marches in November's Veterans Day parade. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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