*Maya D. Wiley recently announced that she will run for mayor of New York in next year’s race. The current mayor, Bill de Blasio, will not run because of term limits.
In a video kicking off her campaign, Wiley implied that there’s a “crisis of confidence in our city’s leadership.” Wiley knows de Blasio well because she once served as his top attorney. Since leaving the mayor’s circle, Wiley has gained a large following as a political and legal analyst on MSNBC.
Many who know Wiley’s style, describes her as being different than the types of mayors that New Yorkers usually elect.
“Some will say I don’t sound like past mayors or look like them, and I say yes, I don’t – that is the point,” said Wiley. I am not a conventional candidate. But changing it up isn’t the risk. Electing the same kinds of people, bringing the same old broken promises over and over again and expecting things will be different – that’s the risk we can’t afford.”
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Wiley calls herself an outsider, but some point to her work as a lawyer for the mayor as being an insider. They say that Wiley fought on behalf of the mayor’s email communications with outside advisers and took the position that they were private and shouldn’t be released. The emails ultimately were released and they proved embarrassing to the mayor.
Yet, Wiley vows she is different, and not because she would be the first woman – Black or White – to serve as mayor of America’s largest city. Wiley says that she will always be there for New Yorkers.
“When I’m in charge, you will never have to question whether anyone is listening, whether the mayor even wants the job,” she said. “You will never have to ask yourself whether you matter.”
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