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Maya Wiley: The Social Justice ‘Affordability’ Crusader Who Wants to Be The Next Mayor Of NYC

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Maya Wiley is very clear about what motivated her to run for Mayor of New York City — her youngest daughter, Kai, now 17, who wants to be an artist. “She did the math”, Wiley says, explaining that her daughter realized she’d have to support her artistic endeavors with a minimum wage job such as a cashier. “She said, ‘I could only afford $600 a month in rent.’ And she got all teary.

And she said ‘mom, where can I live? Because I don’t think it’s here'”, in New York City. Wiley, 57, realized after listening to Kai that even before the COVID-19 pandemic NYC was suffering from a crisis of affordability. “I feel like I’m running for my daughters, because I want them… this is their home.

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