Manhattan: Re “SoHo/NoHo and NYC must evolve” (op-ed, May 3): Kenneth A. Lewis falsely claims that the opponents of the mayor’s SoHo/NoHo Upzoning plan are fighting for no change and the status quo, and oppose affordable housing.
If you’re just tuning in to this very weird and so far suspiciously stable mayoral race where relative moderates Andrew Yang and Eric Adams have been running one and two in a packed field since January but aren’t yet registered to vote, the good news is that there’s still time to do so ahead of the June 22 primary, two-and-a-half months earlier than the September one we’d had until now.
Fact-checking the Democratic mayoral primary debate By Bobby Cuza New York City PUBLISHED 9:04 PM ET May. 14, 2021 PUBLISHED 9:04 PM EDT May. 14, 2021
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Several times during Thursday’s Democratic primary debate on NY1, Maya Wiley sought to use Eric Adams own words against him.
It started with this: Eric, you were a self-described conservative Republican when Rudy Giuliani was mayor.
That quote came from a 1999 New York Times profile, but on Friday his campaign said Adams never said that. A campaign spokesman said the Times reporter conflated the fact that Adams said he was conservative on crime with the fact he was, at the time, a registered Republican.
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At the start of tonight’s debate, Errol Louis, the lead moderator, asked the candidates about policing in New York City. As each spoke, the others listened quietly, waiting for their moment to speak.
Then, Mr. Louis asked a question of all the candidates, and a cacophony of voices, apparently free from the silence of “mute,” crashed into each other.
Such was the nature of a virtual debate, where the eight participants sat in their homes or offices rather than hashing out policy positions on a stage.
Eight candidates for the top elected office in the city grappled with major challenges facing the Big Apple from job loss and school reopenings to an ongoing spike in violent crime.