Media makes mayoral endorsements as Wall Street seeks best candidate to manage New York’s crisis
The New York State primary elections are less than six weeks away, and they include the contest for the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York City. The nominee is virtually guaranteed victory in the general election, which will not take place until November. The first of three debates between the leading candidates in the June 22 primary is expected to include eight of the contenders and is scheduled for tonight.
Leading media outlets and other representatives of the ruling elite, fully conscious of the stakes amid the deepening social and economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, have begun to weigh in on next month’s vote. Although every Democrat, including those fraudulently labeled as “left,” is fully committed to the capitalist system, the ruling class seeks the most effective defender of its interests. This week the editors of both the