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With just a few weeks to go before Primary Day, some top-tier mayoral candidates are entering the last final stretch with a healthy chunk of money, while others are struggling. We broke down the latest figures from the city Campaign Finance Board (CFB) show to give a sense of the financial shape these candidates are in, their funding streams, and where these dollars are going.
HOW MUCH MONEY HAS EACH CANDIDATE RAISED & SPENT
The map below shows Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams in the best financial shape, holding onto $5.2 million in cash, with city Comptroller Scott Stringer, and former Wall Street financier Ray McGuire not too far behind. But coming in dead last is Maya Wiley, the civil rights attorney whose campaign is holding onto just $1 million.
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At the end of a news conference in Brooklyn last week, THE CITY asked mayoral candidate Andrew Yang what he thought about using pattern bargaining to deal with municipal unions.
“I’ll get back to you on that,” he responded before walking away to take selfies with passersby at Parkside Plaza, outside Prospect Park.
The century-long practice of giving each public-sector union essentially the same raises and benefit boosts is at the heart of how the city has negotiated with labor organizations representing some 300,000 workers.
With the June 22 Democratic primary less than a month away, several of the major hopefuls have notched endorsements from various municipal unions.
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No, really: Adams said he kept a list of must-have endorsers topped by Espaillat’s name under his pillow and prayed over it, lighting candles for good measure. “Finally, Jesus Christ looked down on me and brought me Congressman Espaillat,” Adams said at a rally in Washington Heights.