One Candidate Leaves Crowded Mayorâs Race. One From âHousewivesâ Joins.
Zach Iscol says heâll now run for comptroller, but there are still roughly 30 candidates seeking to replace Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Zach Iscol, a former Marine, considers Hillary Clinton to be a mentor.Credit.Jose A. Alvarado Jr. for The New York Times
Jan. 27, 2021
In the New York City mayoral race, where there are at least 30 declared candidates, if one of the lesser-known entrants drops out, will it make a ripple?
Zach Iscol hopes so.
Mr. Iscol is ending his long-shot bid for mayor, amid hopes that he can make more of an impact as a new candidate in the city comptrollerâs race.
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The day after Trump-supporting insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer shocked members of Queens Community Board 2 by appearing at their Zoom meeting. “When we set this call up, we did not know what the events of yesterday would be,” Schumer apologetically said to explain why he would only be online for 20 minutes instead of the usual 45 minutes he spends at community board meetings. Never mind that the nation was in the midst of national crisis, the president was just days away from his second impeachment and Schumer – then the U.S. Senate minority leader, whose Democratic Party had just won control of the chamber – was poised to become one of the three most powerful lawmakers in the country.
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A new pick for state Senate Finance Committee secretary, a top Democratic staff position in state budget negotiations, has raised eyebrows among progressives concerned that the conference has poached David Friedfel, the top state policy analyst of the Citizens Budget Commission, an independent research organization that advocates conservative fiscal policy.
Friedfel will play a lead role in negotiations between the Senate, Assembly and governor’s Division of Budget, as well as in internal discussions among senators, according to longtime Albany observers. Friedfel’s appointment comes as progressives push for a spate of tax-the-rich proposals to meet a projected $63-billion four-year deficit, while centrists, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo, argue that the wealthy might flee the state if their already-large tax burden increases.
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