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The CDC’s announcement on Thursday that people who are fully vaccinated against COVID don’t need to wear masks outdoors or in most indoor settings came after earlier calls by some politicians to change the guidance sooner.
Eight candidates for the top elected office in the city grappled with major challenges facing the Big Apple — from job loss and school reopenings to an ongoing spike in violent crime.
© NY1 Ray McGuire and Shaun Donovan traded barbs over banking and the Great Recession. The Zoom forum for the first televised Democratic primary mayoral debate didn't stop the rival candidates from slinging mud across their computer screens, prompting leading candidate Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams to declare at one point, "Ohhh they're feisty!" Here are some of the sharpest barbs from the showdown for the June 22 election : "Don't get me involved in your daddy's problems," City Comptroller Scott Stringer told former Obama housing director Shaun Donovan, whose rich father has given m...
Print Continue to article content New York Mayoral Candidate Andrew Yang speaks to members of the media on April 05, 2021 in New York City. | Spencer Platt/Getty Images Candidates gear up for first TV debate as mayor's race moves to prime time It’s game time in the New York City mayor’s race. On Thursday night, the eight top candidates in the Democratic primary will face off in the first televised debate of the campaign season. For some, the two-hour event is a chance to land direct punches in conflicts that have been simmering on the trail for months. For others, it’s an opportunity...
While Yang ran with the JD Salinger classic, rival Eric Adams picked "The Power Broker" by Robert Caro, and Maya Wiley went with James Baldwin.