{"id":42827,"date":"2025-11-17T20:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T20:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/42827\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T20:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T20:46:08","slug":"bill-de-blasio-throws-jilted-ex-gal-pal-nomiki-konst-a-bone-by-endorsing-her-client","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/42827\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill de Blasio throws jilted ex-gal pal Nomiki\u00a0Konst a bone by endorsing her client"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lefty love machine Bill de Blasio is throwing his jilted ex-gal pal Nomiki Konst<\/a> a bone \u2014 endorsing her client Michael Blake\u2019s insurgent bid to topple Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY).<\/p>\n

Konst, a 41-year-old progressive activist \u2014 whom sources exclusively told The Post de Blasio abandoned for a fling with South Tucson Mayor Roxanna Valenzuela<\/a> \u2014 is working as a strategist and spokesperson for Blake\u2019s campaign taking on Torres in next June\u2019s Democratic primary.<\/p>\n

Bill de Blasio and Nomiki Konst lying on sand with a heart made of stones. Instagram\/@nomikikonst<\/p>\n

De Blasio, 64, an ally of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, claims that the sitting Bronx congressman is out of step with the party.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew Yorkers and all Americans are turning against the political elite. They are sick of politicians who put donors and power brokers ahead of the people of our neighborhoods,\u201d de Blasio said in a statement Monday released by the Blake campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cMichael Blake is rooted in The Bronx and has concrete plans to address the cost of living and affordability crisis facing Bronxites.\u201d <\/p>\n

Roxanna Valenzuela, mayor of South Tucson, AZ, in a light yellow top, smiling with water and a railing in the background. Roxanna Valenzuela\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Torres, a staunch ally of Israel, did not endorse Mamdani in the Nov. 4 general election after the socialist Queens assemblyman won the Democratic primary for mayor against ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Torres endorsed Cuomo in the primary.<\/p>\n

De Blasio, who sparred with Cuomo when he was mayor and the latter was governor, said Torres supported the three-term Democrat\u2019s comeback bid \u201cenergetically, no matter his continual corrupt and sexist behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n

Torres was a frequent critic of de Blasio when he served in the City Council and chaired the oversight and investigations committee. ZUMAPRESS.com<\/p>\n

\u201cMichael Blake endorsed Zohran Mamdani for Mayor when Ritchie Torres did not and on day one, Michael Blake will be a respected partner in the halls of Washington to City Hall and to Albany, bringing real solutions to The Bronx,\u201d de Blasio\u2019s statement said.<\/p>\n

Cuomo resigned as governor in 2021 amid sexual misconduct accusations from employees and others that he denies.<\/p>\n

Blake, a former Bronx assemblyman, praised de Blasio\u2019s tenure as mayor for focusing on affordability.<\/p>\n

Roxanna Valenzuela, mayor of South Tucson, AZ, with former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio. Roxanna Valenzuela\/Instagram<\/p>\n

\u201cMayor de Blasio and I proudly supported Mayor-Elect Mamdani who shared in that vision, unlike Ritchie Torres who focuses on his own interests,\u201d said Blake.<\/p>\n

Blake and others on the left have criticized Torres\u2019 backing of Israel and support from the American Israel Israel Public Affairs Committee.<\/p>\n

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But de Blasio was a staunch supporter of Israel when he was mayor, even defending AIPAC<\/a> in 2019 when others progressives argued the pro-Israel lobbying group was too far to the right.<\/p>\n

De Blasio and Konst declined to comment when asked if the two had discussed his endorsement of Blake.<\/p>\n

Blake and de Blasio were not always on the same page.<\/p>\n

De Blasio and Konst declined to comment when asked if the two had discussed his endorsement of Blake. Instagram\/@nomikikonst<\/p>\n

He mocked the ex-mayor\u2019s short-lived, ill-fated run for president.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, he is not qualified to run for president. He should not be running for president,\u201d Blake said in <\/a>2019.<\/p>\n

Torres was a frequent critic of <\/a>de Blasio when he served in the City Council and chaired the oversight and investigations committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, he is not qualified to run for president. He should not be running for president,\u201d Blake said in 2019. Michael Nagle<\/p>\n

\u201cMichael Blake is not interested in the Bronx; he\u2019s only interested in using it to run for office for the fifth time, and the result will be the same as before: another loss,\u201d said Torres campaign spokesman Benny Stanislawski.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a reason Bronx voters trust Ritchie Torres. He\u2019s been their champion in Congress, laser-focused on issues like public housing and affordability while standing up to Donald Trump. That\u2019s why he\u2019s going to win again next year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lefty love machine Bill de Blasio is throwing his jilted ex-gal pal Nomiki Konst a bone \u2014 endorsing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[9894,128,858,2132,57,9,24,63,87,2457,129,131,130,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-42827","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bill-de-blasio","9":"tag-bronx","10":"tag-congress","11":"tag-democrats","12":"tag-metro","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-politics","17":"tag-ritchie-torres","18":"tag-the-bronx","19":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","20":"tag-the-bronx-news","21":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}