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Andrew Yang made a few Republicans happy with a full-throated defense of Israel, and now
The backstory: Yang
tweeted Monday night that he is “standing with the people of Israel who are coming under bombardment attacks, and condemn the Hamas terrorists. The people of NYC will always stand with our brothers and sisters in Israel who face down terrorism and persevere.” That’s not a terribly unusual position for New York City politics indeed, his rival Eric Adams
The New York Times editorial board asked eight NYC mayoral candidates, "Do you know the median sales price for a home in Brooklyn?" Some candidate answers left New Yorkers baffled.
Mayoral Candidates Respond to the Shooting in Times Square [Want to get New York Today by email?
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A shooting near Seventh Avenue and West 45th Street on Saturday afternoon left three bystanders wounded: a 4-year-old Brooklyn girl who was shopping for toys with her family, a 23-year-old tourist from Rhode Island and a 43-year-old woman from New Jersey.
But coming six weeks before the June 22 mayoral primary, and as the city is gearing up to welcome back throngs of tourists, the episode quickly became more than just a disturbing act of violence in one of New York City’s most familiar locales.