Dianne Morales
Dianne Morales, 54, a single Mom of Puerto Rican descent living in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, with her two children and her parents, is not in the lead in anyone’s survey of candidates for Mayor of New York City. She’s not even in the lead among candidates endorsed by her own Working Families Party, which last week picked City Comptroller Scott Stringer as its top choice. Morales and former City Hall attorney Maya Wiley, came in second and third, respectively.
But none of the three extreme-left candidates are in the lead for the Democratic nomination, ahead of the June 22 primaries. The lead belongs to Andrew Yang, according to a new poll published on Friday, conducted by the left-leaning Data for Progress. The former Democratic presidential candidate is 13 points ahead of his closest rival, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, with 26% to 13% respectively.