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New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang, top, third from left, meets with haredi Orthodox Jewish leaders in Borough Park, Brooklyn, in an undated photo supplied by his campaign. (Yang for New York via JTA)
JTA Two frontrunners in the race for New York City mayor are vying for endorsements from leaders of the city’s ultra-Orthodox communities.
Andrew Yang, the businessman and former Democratic presidential candidate, announced endorsements Wednesday morning from Orthodox leaders in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. They included community activists from the Belz, Bobov and Satmar Hasidic denominations.
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New York City mayoral hopeful Eric Adams pushed back on the defund the police slogan.
The Brooklyn Borough President told New York Magazine that people of color are not pushing for it. There are a lot of young white affluent people who are coming in and setting the conversation, he said.
Eric Adams, a former NYPD officer running for New York City mayor, has been differentiating himself from the Democratic field as a pro-public safety candidate who sees more police as part of the solution.
In an interview with New York Magazine published Tuesday, Adams said the defund the police movement is led not by people of color in the Big Apple, but rather by young white professionals.
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