The Schlep to City Hall

Can we do this in person next time? Errol + eight Zoom show probably didn't change the game, but in a race that is getting tighter, every plus and minus counts. The biggest gamechanger of the week, however, goes to Kathryn Garcia for her NY Times endorsement--but that wasn't the only one she got.

Shaun Donovan was HUD Secretary and Director of OMB for the Obama Administration and don't you forget it. He's running on a platform of big prior experience and the kind of national connections that could help a city in need of a federal lifeline--but he isn't super well known to the NYC voter community, despite also working in the Bloomberg Administration. How will that experience play to the NYC crowd and can he break through in a crowded field? Join us in getting to know him in our first candidate interview.

Maria Doulis has worked for 15 years at the Citizen's Budget Committee--a non-partisan, non-profit think tank dedicated to making sure NYC's finances are in check. In it, we get not only a lesson on the city's $88 billion budget but also a very important National League East prediction and our first Queens pizza rec. #lfgm

It's over... or is it? Eric Adams has a big lead and Andrew Yang has conceded, but is there still a shot for Maya or Kathryn? We cover what happened and some of the ideas on why in what *might* be our last episode, but we'll see!

Maya Wiley is a lawyer, professor, and civil rights activist. She served as the board chair of the NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) and served as counsel to Bill de Blasio. She was the senior vice president for Social Justice at The New School and is taking her policy fights to the campaign trail. She's focused on an inclusive message about an equitable New York City, and is trying to convince New Yorkers that an advocate's perspective can make the city operate better for all.