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High-profile endorsements for NYC mayoral candidate Scott Stringer evaporate amid sex abuse allegations © Luiz C. Ribeiro New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Scott Stringer. City Comptroller Scott Stringer lost several key endorsements Friday, putting his mayoral run in danger of collapse. The retraction of support came hours after Stringer opened up a new front in his denials of sexual abuse allegations by releasing documents that show his accuser Jean Kim recently gathered peti...

  New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer said Friday he will not drop out of the mayoral race as a sexual assault claim roils his campaign. “I understand that this is a difficult moment for my supporters, and I know that some of them will feel compelled to withdraw their endorsement of my candidacy,” Stringer, a Democrat, said in a statement.  “I’ve received a lot of support on campaign stops over the last two days, and I’m going to be campaigning in every neighborhood, in every ...

High-profile endorsements for NYC mayoral candidate Scott Stringer evaporate amid sex abuse allegations © Luiz C. Ribeiro New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Scott Stringer. City Comptroller Scott Stringer lost several key endorsements Friday, putting his mayoral run in danger of collapse. The retraction of support came hours after Stringer opened up a new front in his denials of sexual abuse allegations by releasing documents that show his accuser Jean Kim recently gathered peti...

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Print Continue to article content New York City Comptroller and New York City Mayoral candidate Scott Stringer has denied the accusations. | David Dee Delgado/Getty Images New York mayoral candidate defiant as sexual assault accusations erode key support Updated NEW YORK — New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer is clinging to his damaged hopes of becoming the next mayor, even as sexual misconduct allegations lead more key endorsers drop their support. A defiant Stringer told reporters lat...

politics Sep 25, 2020 New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson said Thursday he will not run to replace Bill de Blasio as mayor in 2021, revealing an ongoing battle with depression as part of a candid and transparent statement on his campaign. Johnson, a Democrat first elected to City Council as a representative for the 3rd District in 2013 who has held the… politics Sep 9, 2020

Updated 3 hours ago What to Know NYC Comptroller and current Democratic mayoral candidate Scott Stringer is facing calls to resign his position and end his campaign after a former intern accused him of groping and sexually harassing her Jean Kim made the surprising allegations Wednesday, saying the alleged misconduct occurred in 2001 in bars and taxis, while she was working as an unpaid intern for Stringers campaign for public advocate During an appearance alongside his wife, Stringer denied th...

SHARE: Lagging Andrew Yang and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams in the polls, but flush with campaign cash and progressive endorsements, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer seemed to have a shot at winning the race to be the next New York City mayor – but only if the two months before the June 22 Democratic primary went perfectly for him. And the very first thing that had to go right would be consolidating support in the field’s left lane against the two moderate frontrunners. The...

Scott Stringer Denies Sexual Abuse Accusations As Mayoral Rivals Call On Him To Withdraw From Race arrow Scott Stringer, the city comptroller, delivers a news conference following allegations of sexual abuse. Gwynne Hogan / WNYC Scott Stringer, the New York City comptroller and mayoral candidate, on Wednesday categorically denied accusations that he sexually abused and harassed a woman two decades ago during his campaign for NYC public advocate, saying that the two had a...

Print Continue to article content City Comptroller Scott Stringer has unequivocally denied a charge that he groped a woman. | Mark Lennihan/AP Photo Sexual assault allegations throw New York’s mayoral race into a tailspin Updated NEW YORK — An accusation of sexual assault against a top-tier New York City mayoral candidate threw the race into a tailspin eight weeks before Election Day and threatened a 30-year political career. Hours after City Comptroller Scott Stringer unequivocally denied...