NYC, Proving Grounds

NYC Mayor Race

This episode features the song “Aside” by Normcore, available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

Links to this weeks stories :

00:09 NYC Mayor Race 

01:15 Upper Tier 

• Eric Adams 
• Andrew Yang 
• Kathryn Garcia 
• Scott Stringer (Sorta) 

01:43 Lower Tier 

• Maya Wiley 
• Dianne Morales
• Ray McGuire 
• Paperboy Prince 
• Shaun Donovan 

02:02 Dianne Morales Campaign

• Union Busting accounts 
• March for proper pay
• Implosion of the left-most candidate
• Proves against virtual signaling 

05:33 Scott Stringer 

• Minor surge, even with viable sexual molestation charges brought forth 
• Serves as a reminder that endorsements can mean nothing and everything

08:41 Eric Adams 

• Currently under fire for apparently demanding an endorsement from Orthodox Jewish leaders, claiming “they owed him” 
• Their endorsement went to Yang, his top rival.
• Hard on crime, stop and frisk, anti-drug stance 

12:27 Andrew Yang

• Orthodox Jewish support 
• Moderate coalition, challenging for top spot 
• Could face serious trouble in second round onwards