Dianne Morales

When it comes to the mayoral race, real estate seems safe. Still, progressive ideals from left-wing candidates like Dianne Morales resonate with many New Yorkers. That might not be enough to propel her or even the race’s progressive standard bearer, Maya Wiley, into Gracie Mansion, but the industry still considers these positions to be a threat.

New York City residents are casting their early ballots in a crowded mayoral primary race. According to a new poll from WNBC, Politico and Telemundo 47, Democratic candidates Eric Adams and Kathryn Garcia are leading the pack. Dianne Morales, another Democrat vying for the spot, joins CBSN to discuss key issues like crime and housing.

ESSENCE speaks with the Afro-Latina candidate on her mayoral race and the "multiple pandemics" facing Black and brown New Yorkers. With the New York City primaries slated to take place on June 22, 2021, New York City mayoral candidate Dianne Morales believes she has what it takes to run America’s most populous city.

Dianne Morales, once a rising New York City mayoral candidate, refused her newly formed staff unions’ demands on Friday, likely extending an impasse that has mired her campaign in internecine drama just weeks before the June 22 Democratic primary election. Highlighting the impact of the labor dispute, the Working Families...

Like what you’re hearing? Subscribe to us at iTunes, check us out on Spotify and hear us on Google, Amazon, Stitcher and TuneIn. This is our RSS feed. Tell a friend!. Dianne Morales’ mayoral campaign is in disarray. Last Tuesday internal issues at her campaign bubbled to the fore when her campaign manager resigned saying she “would no longer be able to continue on the campaign until harmful actors were removed.”

New York City mayoral candidate Dianne Morales visited the nation’s largest cooperative housing development in the borough of the Bronx on the anniversary of George Floyd’s death Tuesday, embarking on the final stretch of a contentious primary race. The first-time candidate said Floyd’s killing at the hands of police made...

This article was originally published on May 27 at 7:27 p.m. EDT by THE CITY. Before they become the boss of the city’s more than 320,000 municipal workers, mayoral candidates must first manage another group: their campaign staff. Progressive Democrat Dianne Morales suffered a painful reminder of that this week...

Progressive mayoral candidate Dianne Morales called the state of her chaotic campaign a “beautiful mess” as some staffers look to unionize amid ongoing internal turmoil. “It’s a beautiful and messy thing, that they’re doing this,” Morales said Thursday during an appearance on NY1’s “Inside City Hall.”. “I think it’s reflective...

(Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) New York City mayoral candidate Dianne Morales continues to run on a progressive campaign as the first Afro-Latina candidate. Brooklyn native Morales left her job as a former nonprofit executive in 2019 to run for mayor, according to NBC News. She was also recently the CEO of Phipps Neighborhoods, a Bronx-based nonprofit that provides affordable housing and social services to low-income families. She sat on Mayor Bill de Blasio's Community School advisory board and on the board of the Human Services Council and is also a founding member of the early education organization Jumpstart.

Far-left mayoral candidate Dianne Morales faltering campaign is in trouble once again, this time by a major shake-up of her team over “harm caused by certain staff on our campaign.”. Morales campaign manager Whitney Hu and senior staffers Ramses Duke and Amanda Van Kesell are no longer working for the...

Dianne Morales began her first political campaign in 2019 as a little-known, nonprofit executive promising to radically transform City Hall. Initially viewed as something of an afterthought in a crowded Democratic primary that drew big-name candidates, Morales has proven to be a force among the leading eight Democrats vying for the nomination on June 22. The only Afro-Latina in the top tier is also the only candidate to fully embrace a significant defunding of police, closing Rikers without building new jails and raising taxes on the wealthy. And the left has taken notice.

Lefty mayoral longshot Dianne Morales once paid a bribe to a corrupt Department of Environmental Protection employee to nix a $12,000 sewer bill and then lied to investigators about it, a damning new memo reveals. Morales was among nine New Yorkers who crooked water inspector Herbie Barnwell hit up, promising...

NEW YORK — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, one of the top contenders in the Democratic primary race for mayor, was knocked on his heels Monday. "To just give the innuendo on the front page, above the fold, that Eric Adams took donations to help developers? No, I helped developers and shelters to help New Yorkers," Adams told reporters Monday after a rally where he received the endorsement of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA).

By Yoav Gonen and Greg B. Smith, THE CITY. This article was originally published on May 16 by THE CITY. Brooklyn Democratic primary contender lied to an investigator before acknowledging she directed her dad to pay $300 to make a $12,500 utility bill vanish, city records state. Mayoral candidate Dianne...

Much ado has been made over the past year's transformation—for better or for worse—of New York City. As the country's original epicenter of the calamitous COVID-19 pandemic, the city (though certainly far from "dead") endured profound change: an urban exodus of millions, more than 30,000 dead from the no-longer-novel virus, a summer of uprisings against anti-Black state violence, an economy collapsed. Now, as outgoing mayor and former presidential candidate Bill de Blasio prepares to leave Gracie Mansion, another metamorphosis is on the horizon.

In response to rival Eric Adams saying "defund the police" is pushed by young white people, Morales called the move a "dog whistle" and "wedge issue."

Dianne Morales is making waves for a candidate who lacked name recognition when she entered the mayoral race. If campaign donations are any indication, she’s a top-tier candidate. According to an analysis by The City, Morales was the top choice of donors who contributed to more than one campaign. That’s...