(Bloomberg) National progressive figures are working to boost the candidacy of Maya Wiley for New York City mayor, hoping to pull off a much-needed win for their wing of the Democratic Party as it debates the future.
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Dianne Morales, once a rising New York City mayoral candidate, refused her newly formed staff unions’ demands on Friday, likely extending an impasse that has mired her campaign in internecine drama just weeks before the June 22 Democratic primary election.
Highlighting the impact of the labor dispute, the Working Families Party, the influential progressive organization, told its supporters on Friday to rank Maya Wiley no. 1 in ranked-choice voting. The WFP had previously co-endorsed Morales and Wiley, but a spokesperson for the party told City & State that its support for Morales had been “suspended” while she is “at an impasse with her campaign workers and their union.”
PUBLISHED 5:26 AM ET May. 13, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:26 AM EDT May. 13, 2021
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A range of progressive groups on Thursday will begin a formal push for the passage of the New York Health Act, a bill that would pave the way for a single-payer health care system in New York.
The groups include Our Revolution, the political organization formed out of Sen. Bernie Sanders s presidential run in 2016, as well as the New York Progressive Action Network and the Campaign for New York Health.
The organized effort comes with several weeks to go before state lawmakers in New York conclude the legislative session next month.