By DAVID GREENE

This week we asked readers to rate the performance of Mayor Bill de Blasio after a year and a half in office.

To me, I feel he’s been trying. But he’s not trying hard enough because everything he seems to do has a backlash and he always seems to be playing catch up, and you can’t do that. He has to go with the flow with what’s going on now. It’s like he’s going backwards. Immigration needs to be improved, we need more jobs, prices of things are going up and we can’t afford anything. He must also listen to the people.
Paulette Gordon
West Fordham

It’s a business, not even politics. People are a business to our elected officials, so I do not watch TV. I stay away from the radio because I don’t need it. I can see in my everyday life what he is doing and what the rest of the government is doing for us, and that is absolutely nothing. He can do so much more for the people.
Lanessa Morales
Soundview

My opinion is that he can do much better, but I think he’s moving from one side to the other. I don’t know how to interpret that. A few things happened for him at the same time. He didn’t do well with the NYPD protests because he was really against the police. I would give him a C.
Jesus Santana
Parkchester

He’s a good man and I think he’s done a decent job as mayor. I think he will do even better in his remaining time in office. Showing up to events on time might help.
John Martinez
Bedford Park

I think he’s doing okay as far as race relations and keeping the police a little leveled, he handled that well. As far as education, the schools are in bad shape, but I like what he did with pre-K. Overall I’d give him a C-plus. He’s not doing the best. I thought he would do better because of everything he said before the election. He needs to focus on education and to try and get more jobs here, because there’s no work out here in the community.
Alfredo Miranda
Norwood

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