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Rebecca Katz

Rebecca Katz

  • Max Politics Podcast: Reflections on Andrew Cuomo's Reign, with Rebecca Katz

    Max Politics Podcast: The Progressive Battle Versus Andrew Cuomo

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    August 11, 2021 - Max Politics Podcast: Reflections on Taking on Andrew Cuomo

    Rebecca Katz, founder of New Deal Strategies, a top advisor to Cynthia Nixon's 2018 gubernatorial campaign, and a former member of the de Blasio administration, joined the show to discuss Andrew Cuomo's reign and downfall.

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  • Max & Murphy Podcast: One Year to the 2021 Mayoral Primary

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    June 24, 2020 - Max & Murphy Podcast: One Year to the 2021 Mayoral Primary

    Political strategists Rebecca Katz of New Deal Strategies and Neal Kwatra of Metropolitan Strategies joined the show to discuss some of the initial results of 2020 primaries in New York and to look ahead to the 2021 mayoral primary, which is just one year away. Katz, fresh off helping to lead Jamaal Bowman to an upset win the New York's 16th Congressional District primary over Rep. Eliot Engel, broke

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  • Max & Murphy Podcast: De Blasio's Presidential Ambition & the 2020 Democratic Field

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    Ben Max, left, of Gotham Gazette, and Jarrett Murphy, right, of City Limits


    February 27, 2019 - Max & Murphy Podcast: De Blasio's Presidential Ambition & the 2020 Field with Rebecca Katz

    reb katz croppedMayor Bill de Blasio is flirting with a presidential run, or at least saying he's "not ruling it out" and stoking the conversation with national media appearances and a trip to Iowa. Rebecca

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  • Max & Murphy Podcast: Primary Post-Mortem with Rebecca Katz, Top Cynthia Nixon Strategist

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    Ben Max, left, of Gotham Gazette, and Jarrett Murphy, right, of City Limits


    September 19, 2018 - Max & Murphy Podcast: Primary Post-Mortem with Rebecca Katz, Top Cynthia Nixon Strategist

    rebecca katz 277Rebecca Katz was the chief strategist for Cynthia Nixon's campaign for governor. Katz, a principal at Hilltop Public Solitions and veteran of Bill de Blasio's 2013 campaign and 2014 City Hall,

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  • Fierce Cuomo Critics, De Blasio-Allied Advisors Have Been ‘Ready for Cynthia’

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    Rebecca Katz at The Broad Room (photo: Monica Klein on Twitter)


    Actress and education activist Cynthia Nixon is reportedly close to launching a gubernatorial bid and may challenge Governor Andrew Cuomo in this year’s Democratic primary.

    Nixon has long been rumored as a candidate for governor and is close to making an official announcement that she is running, according

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  • Max & Murphy Podcast: The Mayoral Race with Top Political Strategists

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    Ben Max, left, of Gotham Gazette, and Jarrett Murphy, right, of City Limits


    July 31, 2017: Republican strategist Mollie Fullington and Democratic strategist Rebecca Katz join Max & Murphy to discuss the 2017 New York City mayoral race.

    max murphy katz fullingtonMollie Fullington used to work for Governor George Pataki and recently handled press and communications for mayoral candidate Paul Massey.

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