A group of nine leading Hasidic sects in Brookyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood, including the two large Satmar factions, have decided to back Andrew Yang as their first choice for mayor, sources who were involved in Monday night’s decision told the Forward.
The endorsement locks up the Orthodox voting block for Yang, one of the leading candidates for mayor of New York City, and gives him a welcome boost in the remaining weeks before the June 22 Democratic primary.
With New York City under the new ranked-choice voting system, the Orthodox voting blocs, which historically have been influential in local elections, are also expected to rank Eric Adams, Brooklyn’s borough president, as their second choice and Scott Stringer, the city’s comptroller, as their third. Recent public polls show Yang and Adams in a close race for first place, with Stringer in third.
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