 Listen to this. De Blasio. These names ring a bell. Who endorsed her for the candidacy. And then on February the 12th, it was reported that Ford's NBC contract was suspended due to his potential campaign. And he had taken an unpaid leave of absence from Merrill Lynch for the same reason. And then on March the 1st, Ford stated in an op-ed article published by the New York Times that he would not run against Gillibrand.