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>> if you were the first woman elected to bring to new york, what do you bring to the table? >> 50% of the population has never had an opportunity to sit in that chair. to bring our experience. >> reporter: on the left, a battle for the progressive vote shows no signs of consolidating. with former public schoolteacher diane morales, and scott stringer, a veteran of new york politics, ready to come out on top. >> someone with a progressive vision who has the skills to bring the city back from the...

In 2016, Amazon didn’t employ a single Black, Native American or multiracial executive and just one Hispanic or Latino executive among its 105 senior leaders in the United States, 78 of whom were white men.

The popularity of each candidate’s message and chances of victory depend not only on the strength of their personal appeal to voters but also their campaign infrastructure.

Several Hollywood stars are making financial contributions in the New York City mayoral race, which has drawn large sums from contributors outside the city.A-listers including actress Gwyneth Paltrow and director Steven Spielberg have raised the stakes with their backing of candidates. Spielberg and his wife have finally supported activist Maya Wiley, while Paltrow has supported Ray McGuire, a former Citigroup executive, Bloomberg reports.The...

Watching Dianne Morales’ campaign team march to her campaign office on Friday — 25 days before the primary and 15 days before the start of early voting — to publicly deliver “four core demands” they want satisfied before they’ll resume working for her, I thought about how progressives have formed a circular firing squad in the mayor’s race even as they’re poised to pick up more power down-ballot.

A surge in gun violence has sparked calls for a return to tougher policing.

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The countrys reckoning with policing, racial equity, and representation have reshaped the contest to run the largest city in the U.S. And, Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has pushed for eight years to change the way the military prosecutes sexual assaults. Now, it looks like her legislation could pass Congress.This episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, WNYC reporter Brigid Bergin, senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro, and congressional reporter Claudia Gris...

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Since Tuesday, some members of her team have resigned, while others have been fired, including those involved with an effort to unionize the remaining staff.