Mayor Bill de Blasio addressed a series of predominantly black congregations in Brooklyn Sunday, and while he talked up Hillary Clinton’s candidacy, the mayor also managed to highlight some of his own initiatives. NY1's Bobby Cuza filed the following report.

It was essentially his closing argument for Hillary Clinton.

Mayor Bill de Blasio trekked to four different predominantly black churches in Brooklyn Sunday, some small, some large, and was joined by his wife, Chirlane McCray, at each stop.

"We cannot afford a setback this Tuesday," McCray said.

The pair made a forceful case for Clinton, who the mayor said would make history, as President Barack Obama did eight years ago, and would protect Obama's legacy.

"She is tough as nails. She is as smart and knowledgable as anyone you'll ever meet in your life. But she has, most importantly, decided long ago it was about uplifting children and families," de Blasio said.

But perhaps mindful of his own re-election campaign just around the corner, de Blasio also tied Clinton's policies to his own, like on pay equity for women. And on Clinton's stated desire to overcome structural racism, he pointed to his own efforts on police-community relations.

"We ended the broken policy of stop-and-frisk and found that as police and community started to heal their relationship, the city got safer," he said.

And the mayor noted Clinton's plan for an infrastructure program, which he said would benefit city subways, schools and public housing, largely paid for with a tax on the top 1 percent.

"What they do not do is pay their fair share in taxes," de Blasio said. "Hillary Clinton's platform says clearly, it's time for the wealthy to pay their fair share for all the rest of us," he said.

New York may not be a swing state, the mayor noted, but turning out the vote in neighborhoods like East New York and East Flatbush could help send a message.

"There must be a mandate for change," he said. "You have the power to bestow that."

Because the mayor's remarks were mostly political in nature, Sunday's appearances were technically considered campaign events and not official city business, a pattern we can expect to see more of after Tuesday, when the presidential race ends but the 2017 mayor's race will be just beginning.