Donna Jean, Ben Max, Howard Wolfson, Laura Nahmias, L. Joy Williams
An expert panel gathered Thursday to analyze the Democratic primary for mayor and what comes next. At a free online event hosted by Citizens Union Foundation and moderated by Gotham Gazette editor Ben Max, panelists Howard Wolfson (former deputy mayor, now education lead at Bloomberg Philanthropies), Laura Nahmias (former Daily News editorial board member, now writer of Fun City on Substack), and L. Joy Williams (political strategist, analyst, and activist) shared their big takeaways from the primaries, thoughts on Eric Adams' victory and potential mayoralty, Kathryn Garcia's strong second-place performance, what mattered to voters, which endorsements seemed to help, and much more. Watch:
