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For the last four years, the rising left, with few exceptions, has dominated New York City politics. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman dethroned longtime incumbents. Six out of the eight Republican-supporting centrists in the defunct Independent Democratic Conference were driven from office. Two socialists now sit in the state Senate, with four more in the Assembly. Even more will be on the way.
But leftists have looked on with despair as the Democratic primary for New York City mayor barrels toward its conclusion on June 22. Independent polls have consistently shown Andrew Yang, the former presidential candidate, with a lead, followed by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams. Adams may be closing the gap with Yang; no one else, if polling is any indication, has regularly held the top two slots.
The first televised debate of the New York City s Democratic mayoral primary aired Thursday night.
Policing claims focus as candidates face off in first televised mayoral debate
Maya Wiley and Eric Adams sparred over their records on public safety Thursday night in one of the most pointed exchanges of the first televised debate in the city s Democratic mayoral primary a virtual face-off that highlighted policing, Covid-19 and thorny issues around education.
Wiley a first-time political candidate who delivered a commanding performance took aim at Adams over his recent defense of stop-and-frisk policing during one of several feuds that sought to define the Brooklyn borough president and retired police captain. In 2013, a federal judge deemed the use of the policing tool unconstitutional, based on its disproportionate impact on Black and Latino men.
NYC’s largest teachers union endorses Corey Johnson for city comptroller Chris Sommerfeldt
Council Speaker Corey Johnson netted the endorsement of New York’s influential teachers’ union on Wednesday in his bid to become the next city comptroller.
Johnson, one of 12 candidates in the race to replace term-limited City Comptroller Scott Stringer, courted 82% of the vote in an endorsement election by the United Federation of Teachers’ member-selected political committees, according to a representative for the union.
Michael Mulgrew, the union’s president, credited Johnson’s work on education efforts as speaker of the City Council.
“Our committees noted Corey Johnson’s longtime support of public education and his ability to make city government work on behalf of working families,” said Mulgrew, whose union has nearly 200,000 members.
NEW YORK (AP) With less than six weeks to go, the Democratic primary that may decide the next mayor of New York City has reached a new stage of unpredictability. Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang is clinging to front-runner status while City Comptroller Scott Stringer fights off a sexual misconduct allegation. Brooklyn Borough President […]
Eight top-tier candidates set to participate in their first televised debate Thursday as campaigns ramp up in the race to decide New York City’s next mayor