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

Zoom Fatigue on the Campaign Trail: 5 Takeaways From the Mayor’s Race The candidates in New York City can barely keep up with a dizzying schedule of online forums. One candidate joins from his closet. Raymond J. McGuire, a former Wall Street executive, regularly appears in front of a dark wooden bookcase bathed in a golden glow.Credit...Todd Heisler/The New York Times Think you’re sick of Zoom calls? Try running for mayor of New York City. The campaign has gone mostly virtual during the pandemic, forcing the crowded field of candidates to sit in front of their computers attending on...

There wasn't much daylight on policy issues among the 10 candidates who participated.

SHARE: One measure of political power is how often your opinion is solicited on certain matters. And these days, nobody is getting asked more questions than the crop of candidates running for New York City mayor in 2021. “How will you reduce segregation in the city’s school system?” “Do you think the NYPD budget should be reduced?” “What’s your favorite movie set in New York City?” Once the calendar turned to the new year, the hopefuls started speaking at several online forums per week. By the end of January, that turned to two Zooms per day, and there’s no sign of slowing d...

Title Text:  Caption:  Description:  Image Credit:  Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance is likely a lame duck and declined to prosecute Donald Trump’s children in 2012, but he may be the one person who can now hold the former president accountable for his actions. While an impeachment conviction seems unlikely in Washington, Vance’s office has been slowly gathering evidence in a criminal probe of Trump’s personal and corporate tax returns. Vance’s prosecutors let slip in court papers they were examining possible tax, bank, and insurance fraud...