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Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio celebrates on stage with his son dante, left, daughter Chiara and wife Chirlane McCray after he was elected the first Democratic mayor of New York City in 20 years in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. De Blasio, who beat out Republican Joe Lhota by a large margin, follows the three-term reign of Republican-turned-independent billionaire Michael Bloomberg, and Republican Rudy Giuliani, who led the city in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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New York Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio waves to the media as he emerges from his house in the Park Slope neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013. De Blasio was elected New York City's first Democratic mayor in two decades, posting a potentially record landslide victory while running on an unabashedly liberal, tax-the-rich platform that contrasted sharply with billionaire Michael Bloomberg's record during 12 years in office. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Bill de Blasio, New York's mayor-elect talks to reporters after speaking at the “Somos el Futuro” conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. Earlier in the week Blasio was elected New York City's first Democratic mayor in two decades, in a landslide victory while running on an unabashedly liberal, tax-the-rich platform that contrasted sharply with billionaire Michael Bloomberg's record during 12 years in office. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
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Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio waves to supporters after he was elected the first Democratic mayor of New York City in 20 years in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. De Blasio, who beat out Republican Joe Lhota by a large margin, follows the three-term reign of Republican-turned-independent billionaire Michael Bloomberg, and Republican Rudy Giuliani, who led the city in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio campaigns at a subway stop in New York, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. The mayoral election will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Bill de Blasio, New York's mayor-elect speaks to the media after delievering his speech at the “Somos el Futuro” conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. Earlier in the week Blasio was elected New York City's first Democratic mayor in two decades, in a landslide victory while running on an unabashedly liberal, tax-the-rich platform that contrasted sharply with billionaire Michael Bloomberg's record during 12 years in office. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
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Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio speaks during a meeting with Mayor Michael Bloomberg at City Hall on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, in New York. De Blasio, the city’s public advocate, defeated Joseph J. Lhota, a former chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, by a margin of about 49 percentage points, with 99 percent of the vote counted, to become the city's next mayor. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, center, shares a light moment with members of the parliament as he arrives there in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013. Hard-line Iranian politicians publicly criticized the deal reached in Geneva last week over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, an agreement that has largely been welcomed by Iranians. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
