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Maya Wiley gets boost from powerful healthcare workers union in NYC mayoral bid Michael Gartland One of the city’s most powerful unions endorsed Maya Wiley in her mayoral run Friday, giving her campaign a much-needed shot in the arm after it failed to qualify for public matching funds earlier in the week. The endorsement from 1199 SEIU, which represents healthcare workers and is the largest union in the city, is a huge stamp of approval for Wiley and will translate into the union lending its significant get-out-the-vote muscle to her City Hall run. “Maya Wiley has the expe...

The endorsement from 1199 SEIU, which represents healthcare workers and is the largest union in the city, is a huge stamp of approval for Wiley and will most certainly translate into the union lending its get-out-the-vote muscle to her City Hall run.

Will voters choose a seasoned administrator, a veteran elected official, a business-friendly moderate or a flashy newcomer like Andrew Yang?

Yang appeared on the Making Sense podcast, which is hosted by Sam Harris, whose remarks about Islam and race have elicited outrage in the past and continue to rankle Muslims.

Yang takes hit for interview with ‘Islamophobe’ while skipping Muslim-sponsored forum Michael Gartland A Muslim political club is now questioning why mayoral hopeful Andrew Yang skipped out on its candidates’ forum last Wednesday — and why he instead spent part of the day schmoozing with a podcaster known for his inflammatory views on Islam and race. Last Wednesday — the same day Yang passed on attending a virtual mayoral forum sponsored by several Muslim groups — he appeared on the Making Sense podcast, which is hosted by Sam Harris, whose remarks about Islam and ...