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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNYC Mayor: NYC mayoral hopeful Maya Wiley launches coalition of male Black supporters
New York Daily NewsMayoral hopeful Maya Wiley is launching a coalition of male Black supporters.
Taking aim at part of rival candidate Eric Adams’ base, she held a news conference on the effort Sunday in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens. Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, is counting on strong support from Black voters in the outer boroughs.
“Wiley has the experience and understanding of what our city needs to emerge stronger and more equitable in the months and years ahead. Her vision for New York will improve the lives of every single New Yorker,” Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubry of Queens stated in voicing his support for the coalition.
The “Black Men for Maya” group also includes former Bronx Assemblyman Michael Blake, an early Wiley endorser, Assemblyman Khaleel Anderson of Queens and NBA great Butch Beard.
Taking aim at part of rival candidate Eric Adams’ base, she held a news conference on the effort Sunday in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens. Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, is counting on strong support from Black voters in the outer boroughs.
“Wiley has the experience and understanding of what our city needs to emerge stronger and more equitable in the months and years ahead. Her vision for New York will improve the lives of every single New Yorker,” Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubry of Queens stated in voicing his support for the coalition.
The “Black Men for Maya” group also includes former Bronx Assemblyman Michael Blake, an early Wiley endorser, Assemblyman Khaleel Anderson of Queens and NBA great Butch Beard.
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brooklynite
May 2021
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jimfields33
(19,382 posts)1. If I were in the city, Maya or Andrew would get my vote
It’d be a tough decision. To be honest, I thought Maya was going to run away with this.
brooklynite
(96,882 posts)2. NYC is heavily Democratic, but NOT heavily progressive...
Voters tend to be very comfortable with mainstream candidates.
jimfields33
(19,382 posts)3. It has a reputation that seems so progressive
But that’s looking from the outside. So it’s another assumption that’s not true.
brooklynite
(96,882 posts)4. NYC has a 7-1 ratio of Democrats to Republicans...
...and voted for Bloomberg three times.
I'm sure the younger generation is more progressive, but they don't reliably vote.
Polybius
(21,902 posts)6. That's why I love NYC
We're liberal, but we're not Portland liberal.
ampm
(370 posts)5. I will miss her but she would be a great Mayor
Maya, is great and I for one would vote for her. I'm from Nevada.