There’s nothing like ginger tea for the digestive
system, Chirlane McCray tells me. It’s good for circulation, too. Even
nausea. “In the winter,” she says, “I just drink it constantly.”
It’s
two days after her husband, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, won
re-election in a landslide, and we’re in an ornate, peach-colored parlor
room in Gracie Mansion, the mayor’s residence. As she sips pungent
ginger tea (boiled from the root so it’s extra strong), she looks back
at the couple’s first term in office, marveling at how fast four years
goes by.
McCray has spent that time as what some people have called de Blasio’s “co-mayor,”
weighing in on senior staffing decisions, sitting in on high-level
meetings, and leading policy pushes. She’s made mental health a top
priority for the administration through Thrive NYC, a coalition of 54 initiatives tackling mental health care. And she helped pass a law that expands paid sick leave to victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse stalking, and trafficking.
In
her first interview since de Blasio won a second term, McCray reflects
on what she regrets about the last four years, her worst experience on
the subway (seriously, it’s terrifying), and whether she’d ever run for
office.
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