NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries has endorsed Maya Wiley for New York City mayor.
The state’s highest-ranking House Democrat made his endorsement announcement on Sunday.
“Proud to have endorsed Barack Obama in 2007, Ken Thompson in 2013 and Tish James in 2018,” he wrote on Twitter. "Now it’s time to send a brilliant, compassionate and trailblazing Mom to City Hall to clean up the mess left behind by the pandemic. Go @MayaWiley Go!!!”
In an interview with the New York Times, Jeffries called Wiley a “change candidate.”
“Maya’s life experiences, if she can get out and tell that story, will be particularly compelling,” he told the outlet. “An African-American woman who lost her father at a very young age but rallied back from that adversity to follow in her father’s footsteps as a civil rights champion is a quintessential change candidate.”
In her own statement, Wiley called Jeffries’ endorsement “hugely impactful in a critical part of this city to win for anyone who wants to be mayor of New York City.”