USA TODAY
NEW YORK – Amid a mayoral race in which moderate candidates focusing on public safety have led in polling, factions further to the left in New York City are coalescing around Maya Wiley less than two weeks before election day.
Wiley received her highest profile endorsement over the weekend from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., a stalwart of self-described progressive politics.
Ocasio-Cortez called Wiley her No. 1 choice for mayor in a primary election June 22, when voters will rank their top five candidates. The left-leaning Working Families Party backed Wiley as its first-choice candidate last week after supporting other candidates.