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Facing Tepid Support, Bill de Blasio Drops N.Y. House Bid [1]
['Nicholas Fandos']
Date: 2022-07-19
“It was clear we were dealing with something much bigger than any one issue or dynamic,” Mr. Kwatra said.
Mr. de Blasio did not immediately endorse another candidate in the closely watched race. Given his unpopularity, though, there was little to indicate his former rivals wanted his public backing ahead of the Aug. 23 Democratic primary.
For instance, Alyssa Cass, a spokeswoman for one of them, Carlina Rivera, said that Ms. Rivera “looks forward to earning his vote but will not be seeking his endorsement.”
In addition to Ms. Rivera, a Manhattan city councilwoman, other leading candidates include Representative Mondaire Jones, who moved to the district this summer from suburban Westchester; Assemblywomen Yuh-Line Niou of Manhattan and Jo Anne Simon of Brooklyn; Daniel Goldman, a former federal prosecutor who helped build the impeachment case against Donald J. Trump; and Elizabeth Holtzman, the former congresswoman, district attorney and city comptroller.
The contest has grown increasingly fractious, with the latest sign coming Tuesday afternoon in the aftermath of remarks Mr. Goldman made in an interview with Hamodia, the Orthodox Jewish news organization.
Mr. Goldman initially said he would support limiting abortion past the point of fetal viability, after roughly 23 or 24 weeks of pregnancy, unless the life of the mother was in danger — a position roughly consistent with New York State law. But after conferring with an aide, he changed his answer to say he did not support any abortion limits.
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