How Cuomo Is Looming Over The NYC Mayor’s Race
arrow Mayor de Blasio joins via videolink Governor Cuomo announcement and briefing on COVID-19 response at Iona College at New Rochelle. Lev Radin/Pacific Press/Shutterstock
During a mayoral forum this week that focused on what types of state policies the candidates would pursue in Albany, City Councilmember Carlos Menchaca, a left-leaning contender in the race, was asked how he would handle working with Governor Andrew Cuomo.
The forum s moderator Ben Max of Gotham Gazette, reminded Menchaca that in the 2018 gubernatorial election he endorsed Cuomo s opponent, the actress-turned-progressive-activist Cynthia Nixon.
The president is about to discover how years of sanctions fatigue exacerbated in the Trump administration and a decline in American influence may make it difficult to deliver on his promises.
Sohini Chatterjee and Aditi Gorur will hold key positions at the US Mission to the UN.
Washington:
The Biden administration has appointed two Indian-American experts - Sohini Chatterjee and Aditi Gorur - to key diplomatic positions at the US Mission to the United Nations.
Ms Chatterjee will serve as a senior policy advisor to the US Ambassador to the UN, while Ms Gorur has been appointed as policy advisor at the mission, according to the official statement.
An expert on global development, conflict, and mass atrocities, Ms Chatterjee till recently taught as an adjunct professor at Columbia University s School of International and Public Affairs. She previously worked in the Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning at the US Agency for International Development (USAID).