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All progressive eyes are on Maya Wiley. After the dramatic implosions of the Scott Stringer and Dianne Morales campaigns, Wiley stands as the last great hope of left-leaning New Yorkers seeking to avoid electing as mayor of New York City a former Republican and cop, a confused tech bro whose platform includes more police and no NYPD budget cuts, or a proudly moderate former de Blasio appointee. Andrew Yang, Eric Adams and Kathryn Garcia, the other top contenders, oppose even the lowest-hanging fruit of NYPD reform: taking final authority to fire bad cops away from the police commissioner and giving it to an agency specifically tasked with police oversight. Their election would be a disaster for those who have marched this last year for the memory of George Floyd and the countless other victims of police violence.
“New Yorkers will be sick of me”
After getting slammed for fleeing the city for his country home in New Paltzduring the pandemic, Andrew Yang warned New Yorkers that they would see him in the city around the clock – at least during his first term – if he’s elected mayor. Yang vowed during a debate Thursday night that he wouldn’t rely on a taxpayer-funded security detail to drive him and his family upstate. In fact, he said New Yorkers would be seeing him so much they might get sick of him. “I don’t expect to leave the city a single day for my first term. I’m going to be here grinding it out because that’s what our city requires right now,” he said. “Grinding” is an Eric Adams catchphrase at this point, and the subtext was clear, when Adams had just released E-ZPass records showing government cars had driven him to New Jersey six times in the past year – presumably to a second home he owns there with his partner. But Yang was also drawing a contrast