Whoâs the âComebackâ Candidate? 5 Takeaways From the Mayorâs Race.
Two leading candidates wanted to hold a huge party to celebrate New York Cityâs revival from the pandemic.
Maya Wiley has proposed holding a five-borough celebration of the cityâs recovery.Credit.Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times
Published May 10, 2021Updated May 13, 2021
There are just over six weeks left until the New York City mayoral primary election, and the race for the Democratic nomination is very much in flux.
One poll, released last week, showed Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, in the lead for the first time. Scott M. Stringer, the city comptroller, continues to face questions over allegations of sexual misconduct against him.
‘I believe women’: Top Stonewall Democrats exec quits after group sticks with Scott Stringer endorsement Dave Goldiner
A top Stonewall Democratic Club of NYC official announced his resignation Thursday in protest over the group’s decision to continue endorsing embattled mayoral candidate Scott Stringer.
Executive vice president Brian Romero quit hours after the landmark LGBTQ group declared that their endorsement of Stringer would remain because not enough of their members voted to rescind it.
“I believe survivors. I believe women,” Romero wrote in a retweet of the group’s announcement. “I won’t enable the upholding of white cispatriarchy which harms so many each day.”
Sean Bell’s father, William Bell, endorsed Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams Thursday for mayor of New York City. Adams is one of the Democratic candidates in a crowded mayoral race. “Mr. Bell is a dear friend. Someone I respect and admire,” Adams said Thursday during a press conference. “But, let’s be clear: we wish we had never met. And,.
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Rachael Rose Luckey is a Transgender Activist and President Emeritus of the Rampart Village Neighborhood Council, running for the LA City Council in District 13.
Once elected, she will become the first openly transgender person to be elect to the LA City Council. In Part 2 of this multi-part interview series, she speaks to Campaign Press Secretary
Hollis Evans about the political awakening she experienced in the wake of her transition, early activism at the Stonewall Democratic Club, and meeting Mitch O’Farrell, the incumbent she is challenging in District 13.
Rachael Rose Luckey (laughing)
Hollis Evans: Your family seems very interesting. You ve talked about your stepdad.