De Blasio's Son Votes to Stay in Brooklyn

The 16-year-old son of New York's newly crowned mayor-elect, Bill de Blasio, isn't ready for a change of address just yet, the New York Daily News reports. Suggested Reading Three Friends Were Headed To A Beyoncรฉ Concert, But One Dies On the Way. Guess What The Other Two Did Next? Our Fave Moments From A$AP…

The 16-year-old son of New York's newly crowned mayor-elect, Bill de Blasio, isn't ready for a change of address just yet, the New York Daily News reports.

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Becoming mayor means the family moves to Gracie Mansion in the Upper East Side, which is awesomeโ€”unless you go to high school way over in Brooklyn.

โ€œIโ€™m still reticent because the family hasnโ€™t spoken yet,โ€ Bill de Blasio said when asked if he planned to move from Park Slope.

"As you may have noticed, there are four strong personalities in the family, one of whom, Mr. Dante de Blasio, has strong feelings about proximity to his high school," de Blasio said. "Thereโ€™s a very serious family discussion that has to be had about what makes sense going forward," the New York Daily News reports.

In what could be seen as a subliminal push to keep his commute time down, the younger de Blasio stepped out of his house the day after his father won in a landslide, wearing a sweatshirt with one word emblazoned across the front: Brooklyn.

Read more at the New York Daily News.

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