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Progressive Presidential Forum this fall? Sanders met with DeBlasio
De Blasio’s secret meeting with Bernie Sanders
By Yoav Gonen
October 7, 2015 | 3:11am
Mayor de Blasio secretly met for lunch with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders in the city last month — and on Tuesday called him a “very impressive person” when asked about the sit-down.
“I got a request from Senator Sanders to meet with him. Of course I’m going to respect that request,” de Blasio said on CBS radio. “I think he’s a very impressive person, but I have made no decision on endorsement.”
A City Hall spokeswoman would not disclose the time or location of the meeting — which wasn’t on Hizzoner’s public schedule — but Sanders appeared at a rally of small-dollar donors at The Town Hall in Midtown on Sept. 18.
Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley have both said they’d likely participate in a progressive presidential forum that de Blasio is hosting in Iowa later this fall. Hillary Rodham Clinton has not said
http://nypost.com/2015/10/07/bill-de-blasio-secretly-meets-with-bernie-sanders/