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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

Morrison & Foerster LLP Carrie Cohen is an expert in public corruption and state and local government who made a name for herself by prosecuting former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. At Morrison & Foerster – or MoFo – she has assisted the New York City Council in investigations into the behavior of several members, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in a review of overtime practices, and a Rochester City Council probe into the death of Daniel Prude. 54. David Patton Executive Direc...

Andrew Yang promised he would not take action on secular education in yeshivas. Eric Adams visited a Brooklyn yeshiva to learn about how it teaches science, math and English. Ray McGuire hosted a roundtable with rabbis in which he boasted about his comfort level praying at the Western Wall. These are just a few examples of the pointed outreach that leading candidates in the race for mayor of New York have been making to court the city’s Orthodox Jews, which historically have been an influenti...

Ranked-choice voting in NYC primaries prompts concerns: ‘People are going to be confused’ © Provided by New York Daily News City Hall in lower Manhattan, New York. As New York City’s first foray into ranked-choice voting in primary elections approaches this June, concerns remain that last-minute efforts to educate the public may come up short. The system, which allows voters to rank their top five choices, will be used in a raft of local elections, including those for mayor, City Counc...