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Fast Forward NYC comptroller candidate pledges solidarity visit to Israel if elected
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, one of the leading candidates for New York City comptroller, said Thursday that in light of recent turmoil, she will travel to Israel if elected. “Supporting our longtime friends in Israel is more important today than ever,” Caruso-Cabrera told the Forward. “That’s why the first international trip I will take following my primary…
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Fast Forward Jewish supporters rally around Scott Stringer as he fights back allegations
Less than two weeks after a former volunteer on a past campaign accused him of sexual harassment, Scott Stringer, one of the leading candidates for mayor of New York City, is being buoyed up by some of his most ardent Jewish supporters. Outside Fairway Market on the Upper West Side Sunday, flanked by Congressman Jerry…
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Fast Forward Andrew Yang shores up support in NYC’s Orthodox community
Andrew Yang, the frontrunner in the race for NYC mayor, bolstered his support in the Orthodox community in Brooklyn on Wednesday with the backing of two elected officials who carry considerable clout. Kalman Yeger and Simcha Eichenstein, a City Council member and a state Assembly member respectively, representing the neighborhoods of Borough Park and Midwood,…
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News This progressive Queens candidate roots his support for Jews, Israel in a lifelong friendship
Growing up in a working-class part of Astoria, Queens, Jimmy Van Bramer and his friend Albert Behmoiras were at the mercy of a group of bullies who chased them from the school playground and called him “gayboy” and Albert “Jewboy.” “I didn’t know why people would dislike Albert because he was Jewish,” said Van Bramer,…
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Fast Forward NYC mayoral candidates recommit to fighting antisemitism amid ‘troubling’ new data
The leading candidates for mayor of New York City renewed their vows to fight antisemitism in response to a new report that shows New York State accounted for nearly 17% of the 2,024 antisemitic incidents documented nationwide in 2020. The state led the nation with the most documented antisemitic incidents — 336 out of 2,024…
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Fast Forward United Orthodox voting bloc in Borough Park endorses Andrew Yang for mayor
Leading Hasidic sects in Brooklyn’s Borough Park neighborhood have endorsed Andrew Yang in New York City’s mayoral race, locking up a major voting bloc for the former Democratic presidential candidate as he tries to build a coalition that could propel him to City Hall. The endorsement is expected to run as a full-page ad in…
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Fast Forward Scott Stringer brings his mayoral campaign to Borough Park
Scott Stringer, one of the leading candidates for mayor of New York City, took his campaign to one of the most heavily Orthodox neighborhoods in Brooklyn on Monday to improve his standing among a group of voters aggressively courted by other leading contenders. Stringer, who is competing for second place in the June 22 Democratic…
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Fast Forward Ruth Messinger endorses Scott Stringer for NYC mayor
Ruth Messinger, who in 1997 became the first woman to win the Democratic nomination for New York’s mayor, has announced her support of Scott Stringer for the job. In a press release on Thursday, Messinger called Stringer, the city’s comptroller, a leader “who is tested, serious, and up to the task at hand” to manage…
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