Maya Wiley Scores High Profile Endorsement As Candidates Hit Stump Ahead Of Fundraising Deadline arrow Maya Wiley accepts endorsement from Rep. Hakeem Jeffries Brigid Bergin / Gothamist Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, the highest-ranking member of New York’s delegation, endorsed Maya Wiley for mayor on Sunday vowing to hit the stump with her through the final month of this heated primary battle to ensure New York City joins the ranks of cities across the country where Black women lead. “Chicago has Lori Lightfoot. San Francisco has London Breed. Atlanta has the great Stacey Abrams. Los Angeles has Congresswoman Maxine Waters. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue has Vice President Kamala Harris and in New York City, we're going to deliver Maya Wiley for such a time as this,” Jeffries said joining Wiley at Restoration Plaza in Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn, standing beneath portraits of President Barack Obama and Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, the nation’s first Black president and the first Black woman elected to Congress.