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The race for New York City mayor took a couple of turns this week, with Zach Iscol exiting to launch a bid for city comptroller and “Real Housewives of New York City” star Barbara Kavovit hopping in to take his place. And some of the Brooklyn political dysfunction seeped into the race as well. Several candidates, including Dianne Morales, Andrew Yang, Maya Wiley and Scott Stringer, said they would boycott the Brooklyn Democratic Party’s upcoming mayoral forum over racist comments that District Leader Lori Maslow made on social media. Although she had already stepped down from her party leadership position, some progressive members of the party wanted her to resign as district leader and called for the boycott until she did. After several days, Maslow resigned, and as of now, at least Yang is once once again taking part in the forum. Keep reading for the rest of this week’s news.
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Barbara Kavovit, photographed in February 2019.Credit.George Etheredge for The New York Times
On Wednesday, another New Yorker hurled her hat into the mayor’s race ring, where it currently rests alongside the chapeaux of some 30 other individuals: Democratic candidate Barbara Kavovit. Like Maya Wiley, the former MSNBC analyst, and Andrew Yang, the former presidential candidate, Ms. Kavovit can claim some level of prior national TV exposure. Unlike Ms. Wiley and Mr. Yang, though, hers had no connection to politics, or even news: Ms. Kavovit has appeared (as herself) in several episodes of Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of New York City.” (Most notably, she was a regular on the show’s eleventh season.)
RHONY alum Barbara Kavovit is running for mayor of New York City
Wed Jan 27, 2021 at 9:43pm ET
Former Real Housewives of New York friend Barbara Kavovit is running for mayor of New York City. Pic credit: Bravo
Former Real Housewives of New York personality Barbara Kavovit has thrown her name into the mix as she announces that she’ll be running for mayor of New York City.
The Bronx native took to her Instagram account telling her fans and followers of her plans to run for mayor. She admitted that she’s not a politician, however, she recognizes that NYC “is in a state of crisis.”
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