Even pal Al Sharpton is giving Mayor de Blasio an incomplete grade at midterm.
During the mayor’s visit Friday to the National Action Network to serve food and distribute toys, Sharpton said the city was moving in the right direction — but not nearly fast enough.
“After 20 years of going backwards, we may not be speeding at the speed we want, but we at least have turned the boat around to the right direction,” Sharpton said at NAN’s annual Christmas celebration in Harlem.
He credited de Blasio for expanding pre-K and reducing the Police Department’s use of stop-and-frisk, while keeping crime levels low.
The mayor himself conceded in a year-end talk with reporters earlier this week that his administration has made “mistakes.”
“It’s pretty obvious that some things worked as we hoped, and other things didn’t,” de Blasio said on Monday.
During his remarks, the mayor slammed the culture of US consumerism while touting Christmas as a good time to move away from it.
“Because our blessings are not about what our material wealth is — it’s not about what presents are under the tree. Our blessings are each other.”
Sade Chambers, 24 — among hundreds who waited in line for a hot meal that included ham, spaghetti and meatballs, string beans, corn and pie — said she has been coming to the event annually since first arriving in the city as a homeless 12-year-old.
“It’s a home away from home,” said the Brooklyn mom. “It’s a welcoming place for us.”