Adams and McGuire fight for support in Queens By Courtney Gross Queens
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Several dozen of his supporters in Jamaica chanted, “Yes we can!” A familiar rallying cry, but for a different candidate.
He’s trying a new label, too: not just Brooklyn borough president, but King of Queens.
“The outer boroughs have been ignored,” Eric Adams said. We have a Manhattan-centered mindset. We throw all the life rafts to help the central business district and we tell those in the outer boroughs to fend for themselves.
Adams rolled out six endorsements from elected officials in southeast Queens on Friday, an area that is a Democratic stronghold with a long tradition of political power centered in the Black community. Those backing him included state Senator James Sanders, Assemblymembers Alicia Hyndman and Clyde Vanel, and City Council members Adrienne Adams, Selvena Brooks-Powers
By Gloria Pazmino Brooklyn
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Calls to action for the work that remains undone that was the message from political leaders and candidates in New York City just hours after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder.
The mood at Barclays Center was a sense of quiet relief with a glimmer of hope.
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Candidates took the opportunity to make their pitch to a crowd that has long called for police reform
The plaza at Barclays Center has become a central gathering spot for demonstrators, elected officials and candidates running for office
By Gloria Pazmino New York City PUBLISHED 9:09 PM ET Apr. 16, 2021 PUBLISHED 9:09 PM EDT Apr. 16, 2021
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Dianne Morales had a good week.
The former nonprofit CEO is a political newcomer with little name recognition, but this week, her campaign got a much needed boost of energy. When you had a week like Dianne this week, you re going to get a lot more people saying she can win, and she can, said state Senator Jabari Brisport, one of a handful of legislators backing Morales bid.
The Working Families Party ranked Morales as their second choice in their endorsement on Tuesday, and her campaign got an infusion of cash Thursday when the City s Campaign Finance Board announced Morales would receive more than $2.2 million in public matching funds.
By Gloria Pazmino Brooklyn
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Democratic mayoral candidate Maya Wiley unveiled her education agenda on Thursday, saying her plan to improve the city s public school system will address communities where increases in gun violence have resulted in the death and injury of young New Yorkers. The idea that we think the solution is more police rather than thinking about why the guns are being shot in the first place means we are refusing to pay attention to what solves the problem, Wiley said.
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Wiley and education advocate NeQuan McLean went on a walking tour of Bedford-Stuyvesant