Maya Wiley to Head The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, The Leadership Conference Education Fund

Maya Wiley to Head The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, The Leadership Conference Education Fund

Former NYC mayoral candidate Maya Wiley speaks at a press conference outside a polling location at Campos Plaza Community Center on June 12, 2021 in New York City. (Shutterstock) By Civil Rights WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights announced today that it and its sister organization, The Leadership Conference Education Fund, […]

How Garcia, Wiley and Morales Gave Their Male Mayoral Rivals a Run for Their Money

How Garcia, Wiley and Morales Gave Their Male Mayoral Rivals a Run for Their Money

By Samantha Maldonado, THE CITY Mayoral candidate Eric Adams notched another $1.3 million in taxpayer-footed public matching funds Thursday — but the latest campaign finance numbers show how his top female primary rivals gave him a run for his money. The five men among the top eight Democratic candidates outpaced the women in garnering the […]

Kathryn Garcia & Maya Wiley Concede in Mayoral Race

Kathryn Garcia & Maya Wiley Concede in Mayoral Race

By David Cruz, Brigid Bergin, Wnyc and Gwynne Hogan, Gothamist Kathryn Garcia and Maya Wiley, the top two runner-up candidates in the Democratic primary race for mayor, officially conceded in their run for City Hall on Wednesday, after falling behind Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams for the Democratic nomination. During an announcement on Wednesday in […]

In Mayoral Primary, Spending in Support of Adams More Than Combined Total for Garcia and Wiley

In Mayoral Primary, Spending in Support of Adams More Than Combined Total for Garcia and Wiley

New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams attends the “Hometown Heroes” Ticker Tape Parade on July 07, 2021 in New York City. (Shutterstock) By Samar Khurshid, Gotham Gazette Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams claimed victory in the Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday, with 50.5% of ranked-choice votes after almost all absentee votes were counted, […]

Garcia Closes in on Adams After Preliminary Mayoral Count Re-Do — But Race is Far from Over

A day after the Board of Elections bungled its initial ranked choice voting tabulations, new numbers showed Eric Adams leading Kathryn Garcia by about 15,000 votes. But 125,000 uncounted absentee ballots could make the difference — and even keep Maya Wiley in the game.

Garcia Closes in on Adams After Preliminary Mayoral Count Re-Do — But Race is Far from Over

Brooklyn Borough President and mayoral candidate Eric Adams holds press availability outside of Brooklyn Borough Hall. – New York, NY – June 24, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Josefa Velasquez and Samantha Maldonado, THE CITY Eric Adams’ lead in the crowded mayoral race narrowed Wednesday as an unofficial tabulation of in-person votes cast put Kathryn Garcia within […]

Confusion Takes Hold in NYC Democratic Mayoral Primary as Officials Acknowledge Error

The Board of Elections said Tuesday night that “test” ballots were included in the ranked choice voting tally it had released earlier.

Confusion Takes Hold in NYC Democratic Mayoral Primary as Officials Acknowledge Error

Mayoral candidate Eric Adams arrives for debate at NBC Studios at Rockefeller Center. He greets supporters gathering outside to appreciate their support. – New York, NY – June 16, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Dartunorro Clark, NBC News A Board of Elections error in the tabulation of the early results in New York City’s ranked-choice Democratic mayoral […]

Ranked-Choice Voting Won Out — Let’s Not Blow It with Premature Tabulations

Ranked-Choice Voting Won Out — Let’s Not Blow It with Premature Tabulations

By Ryder Kessler, Gotham Gazette After a once-in-a-century pandemic, concerns about rising gun crime, debates about usage of our streets, and perennial conflict over integration of our schools and neighborhoods, the 2021 mayoral primary cycle’s final day centered less on why we were voting than on the mechanics of how we’d be casting our ballots. […]

‘We Have a Path to Victory’: Maya Wiley Predicts Winning NYC Mayoral Race After Ranked Votes Are Counted

‘We Have a Path to Victory’: Maya Wiley Predicts Winning NYC Mayoral Race After Ranked Votes Are Counted

Mayoral candidate Maya Wiley arrives for debate at NBC Studios at Rockefeller Center. She greets supporters gathering outside to appreciate their support. – New York, NY – June 16, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Nicholas Williams and Dave Goldiner, NY Daily News Maya Wiley insists she’s far from done in the NYC mayoral primary race. The Democratic […]

Maya Wiley Launches New Ads Featuring Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nydia Velázquez

Rep. AOC: “We have an option of a candidate…that has a lifetime of dedication to this. Racial justice. Economic justice. And climate justice. And that candidate is Maya Wiley.” Rep. Velázquez: “Maya Wiley tiene un plan de Nuevo Acuerdo para hacer de Nueva York un lugar más justo y asequible para vivir.”

Maya Wiley Launches New Ads Featuring Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nydia Velázquez

NYC mayoral candidate Maya Wiley speaks at a press conference outside a polling location at Campos Plaza Community Center on June 12, 2021 in New York City. (Shutterstock) NEW YORK – Today, New York City mayoral candidate Maya Wiley released two new ads, one in English and Spanish entitled, “Tuesday” and “Nuestro Momento”. The :30 second […]