Bill de Blasio is set to teach a public service class at his alma mater New York University

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio returns to his alum mater to teach a public service lesson.

De Blasio, 61, will be donning his professor hat in January 2023, nearly 40 years after graduating from New York University in 1984, where he majored in metropolitan studies and engaged in activism.

As a fellow, he will teach a graduate course at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.

The former mayor, who failed to secure a seat in Congress after handing over his role to Eric Adams, will begin working with the school in January, saying he is “excited” about the opportunity.

“When I graduated from NYU in the 1980s, I never dreamed of a path that would lead me to City Hall and then back to my alma mater,” he said in a joint statement with NYU on Monday. “Now I get to help others develop their dreams.”

In July, De Blasio also said, “Public service is what I want to do, and it can take many forms: non-profit organizations and all kinds of charities.”

NYU said it was pleased that De Blasio “offers students, educators and graduates an incomparable opportunity to learn from someone with vast experience and many hard-won successes in the political arena and in policymaking and management.”

“I am thrilled to welcome him as a Marnold Visiting Fellow at NYU Wagner in the coming year,” said Sherry Glied, Dean of Wagner.

After de Blasio lost the mayoral seat to Eric Adams, he left City Hall for Brooklyn’s upscale Park Slope neighborhood.

Earlier this month, he was spotted walking the streets of Manhattan, unfazed and unrecognizable, wearing a Brooklyn t-shirt.

He was noticed shortly after it was announced that the father of two would be teaching a course at Harvard’s Kennedy School Institute of Politics.

De Blasio announced the position at Harvard last month, tweeting that he was delighted to teach at the venerable institution.

“I am VERY optimistic about the generation of leaders and activists to come,” he said. “It will be a privilege to offer lessons I have learned through decades of public service.

In the spring, he teaches a graduate course at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service as a fellow and teaches a course on public service

“My main message to them: we CAN make bold progressive changes. I know because I’ve been through it.’

De Blasio, who served as mayor from 2014 to 2021, will participate in “a variety of discussions, events and programming” at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics.

He will also teach leadership and public service classes at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.

De Blasio and his family will remain in his adopted hometown of Brooklyn, according to The New York Times, but it’s unclear whether he moved part-time to Cambridge, Massachusetts for the duration of his tenure at Harvard.

De Blasio was born in New York City, but grew up mostly in Cambridge.

Speaking to the Times earlier this month, he said it would be “nice to spend some time in the city where I grew up.”

The highly unpopular Democrat took over from Harvard after announcing his running for Congress in May, but quit in July when it became clear he had no chance of winning.

After De Blasio announced the fellowship last month, Tucker Carlson laughed at the nomination, saying it was “to pay for his weed habit.”

“He tried to be a congressional candidate, but nobody wanted to vote for him,” Carlson said. “So what do you do when you’re Bill de Blasio?

“You have to pay for your cannabis use. Where are you going? There is one place in America that Bill de Blasio would hire. Harvard University.’

The progressive politician has long been dogged by online rumors of regular marijuana use, without any evidence. He said he tried it as a teenager, but hasn’t smoked since college. However, he praised the legalization of marijuana in New York in 2021, after initially opposing it.

His wife, Chirlane McCray, has been open about seeking therapy to try to quit smoking marijuana, and his daughter Chiara said she abused alcohol and marijuana when she became depressed.

He is currently a visiting fellow at Harvard’s School of Politics and has since moved to Brooklyn after losing the mayoral seat to Eric Adams (Photo: de Blasio in October)

Carlson ridiculed Harvard for hiring De Blasio – who he says was “overseeing the resurgence of the bubonic plague in New York.”

Carlson stated, “You can’t say Bill de Blasio can’t get things done. It only took him eight years and he basically destroyed the largest city in the country.’

He added: ‘It is measurable. De Blasio saw a 65 percent jump in homelessness. People who live on the street, addicted to drugs. During the pandemic, he put government bureaucrats on small business owners.”

He forced private company employees to take the COVID vaccine and destroyed the lives of anyone who resisted. So, of course, you’d think Bill de Blasio would have a brilliant homeless career himself after his tenure.”