City Hall communications director moves to de Blasio's PAC as 2020 decision nears

[brooklynite]

Politico

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s communications director is leaving City Hall to work on his federal political action committee, the latest sign that de Blasio is leaning toward a run for president.

Mike Casca, who came to City Hall in 2017 after working on Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, will leave his city job Monday, he said. Wiley Norvell, a communications aide to de Blasio since he was the public advocate, will assume the $180,000-a-year role.

Casca will work as a spokesperson and communications strategist for Fairness PAC, which de Blasio has been tapping into for his and his aides’ travel to key voting states as he explores a White House bid. This weekend, de Blasio flew to Nevada to discuss his income inequality agenda and meet with a culinary workers union. The mayor then promised to join members on a picket line.

De Blasio has traveled to Iowa, South Carolina and New Hampshire in recent weeks, all while saying a 2020 bid is “hypothetical” and insisting he will decide “sooner rather than later.”