New York's congressional maps are being redrawn after an appeals court threw out the state's Democrats' plan.
The 10th Congressional District is proposed to include lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn.
The way to save our democracy is to be a part of it.
If the new map is finalized, Nadler will leave his seat in the 10th and run in the 12th.
De Blasio launched an exploratory committee to run in the district.
The former mayor acknowledged his unpopularity in an op-ed he wrote in the Atlantic.
De Blasio said on MSNBC that he was proud of having led the city out of the crisis.
New York's congressional maps are being redrawn under supervision of a judge after a state appeals court tossed the Democrats' plan.
New York's congressional and state Senate primaries will be held in August after a judge ordered them to be pushed back.
The NY Court of Appeals threw out partisan Congressional maps.
The judge moved some New York primaries to August after the court scrapped voting maps.