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WINNERS & LOSERS
Who was up and who was down last week
Sometimes coy about his political preferences (after all, some candidates would prefer he stay quiet), New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s coming clean. He’s vocally defending Eric Adams, he’s campaigning with two City Council candidates and he’s even revealing his ranked-choice ballot … for pizza toppings. Will the mayor’s endorsement hurt green pepper’s chances? Now we’re just hoping de Blasio will share his thoughts on last week’s Winners & Losers.
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MAYA WILEY
The hour may be late, but New York City’s progressives are uniting behind Maya Wiley for mayor. Sure, it may be because every other progressive campaign is falling apart, but that doesn’t make an AOC endorsement any less sweet. Wiley is even cashing in on the exodus of volunteers that Dianne Morales just fired, with a slew of young organizers changing their Twitter brands to include #Mayamentum.
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DIANNE MORALES
The Dianneverse has officially imploded. Mayoral hopeful Dianne Morales’ campaign suffered a devastating blow last month when scores of her staffers went on strike, accusing the furthest left candidate in the race of being anti-union. Morales refused to meet many of the union’s demands, citing concerns about violating campaign finance laws, and over 40 of those workers were fired this week.
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ANDREA STEWART-COUSINS
The state Senate majority leader shepherded some big legislation through her chamber in this session. Changes to sexual harassment laws, first-in-the-nation antitrust provisions and the Adult Survivors Act are just a few examples.
MADELINE SINGAS & ANTHONY CANNATARO
The state Senate confirmed Nassau County DA Madeline Singas and Anthony Cannataro, an administrative judge in the New York City Civil Court, to the state’s highest court, the Court of Appeals – meaning Gov. Andrew Cuomo has appointed all seven justices on the court.
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ERIC ADAMS
After a Politico story questioned where mayoral contender Eric Adams actually lives – following up on last year’s discovery that he had been sleeping in Borough Hall during the height of the pandemic – people began to wonder whether or not Adams’ primary residence is in New York City.
GUSTAVO RIVERA & RICHARD GOTTFRIED
After over a year in a pandemic that laid bare health care inequities, the New York Health Act, a plan for single-payer health care in the state, didn’t pass again in this session, disappointing its two sponsors.
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