De Blasio Hosts Reporters Roundtable at City Hall

By: Jill Colvin | New York Observer

Mayor Bill de Blasio sat down with reporters around a roundtable this afternoon at City Hall in a rare break from formal press conference to tout a state budget he described as a “real lift-off moment” for his new administration.

Mr. de Blasio appears to be shaking up his press strategy, arranging meetings today with the city’s television, radio and print reporters and hosting a press party at Gracie Mansion at the end of the week on the heels of sinking poll numbers, which some have blamed on his rocky relationship with the press.