Ardila, a Democrat who represents Maspeth and Sunnyside, did not immediately respond to calls from the Daily News on Tuesday, but in a statement to the Queens Chronicle, he expressed regret over his past behavior.
Just months before, while campaigning to take the reins from former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, de Blasio vowed that he’d end the Big Apple’s “Tale of Two Cities.” And housing perhaps more than anything else exemplified the stark divide between rich and poor that de Blasio said he’d bridge. He tried, and sometimes, he succeeded.