Loree Sutton drops out of NYC mayoral race
Sutton, the city’s first commissioner of veterans’ services, had struggled to raise cash and break ahead in this year’s strange primary season.
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Sutton, the city’s first commissioner of veterans’ services, had struggled to raise cash and break ahead in this year’s strange primary season.
Yang was trailed by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, who came in with 19%, and Maya Wiley, a former top legal adviser to Mayor de Blasio, who had 9%.
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NYC mayoral wannabes grapple with health disparities for New Yorkers of color Shant Shahrigian Around the country, COVID has hit communities of color hardest, both inflicting new devastation and highlighting bitter, longstanding truths about the public health system. While Black and Hispanic New Yorkers have died at nearly twice the rate of white and Asian people, the city’s vaccination efforts have left many people of color behind — Black New Yorkers make up about a quarter of the city’s population, but had received just 11% of shots as of late January; Hispanics, who c...
The dance session lasted a half-minute, but it brought a moment of whimsy to a series of awkward, lengthy forums have that have seemed to draw more criticism than viewers.