Source: Common Dreams
by James Zogby
“This week, all eyes will be on the fascinating race for mayor of New York City. One reason it’s so interesting is because New York plays such an outsized role in American life. It’s the home of some of America’s defining cultural symbols: the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, the World Trade Center, Times Square, Broadway, and Harlem’s Apollo Theater. It’s also the country’s most populous and demographically complex city …. beset by many of the challenges confronting America, writ large: crime, housing, drugs, immigration, racial and ethnic tensions, problems with policing, gentrification, the high cost of living, and political polarization. And yet, New York remains a magnet, drawing hundreds of thousands of new immigrants from all over the world and young people from across the U.S. to settle there, attracted by its allure and its promise of opportunity.” (06/23/25)