Michael Blake
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642 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2024
last heard Jun 2025
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But we're watching right now an energy, an energy where you have the Jamaican and Caribbean West Indian community that has been very excited about my candidacy because they see one of their own.
You're seeing an energy in the South Asian community because of the excitement that's around Zohra Mamdani.
You're seeing an energy that's happening around Brad Lander for the Jewish community.
You're seeing an energy around black women because of Adrian Adams.
You're seeing this moment that's happening here.
And we are saying to everybody,
that a name alone should not be why you make a decision.
When I was with then Senator Obama in 2006, this tied to your question, Don, around the attention and attentiveness.
Initially, it was Senator Clinton, right?
And Senator John Edwards.
People forget about John Edwards, right?
Who had the name, had the energy.
But what was happening is that people made a decision on who had the best judgment, right?
And as every day got closer, people realized that Barack Obama had the best judgment.
And what I want for New York City to be thinking about over these final few days, if you had someone who died in a nursing home, you should not be ranking Andrew Cuomo.
If you have a woman who has come forward with credible claims against them, you should not be ranking Andrew Cuomo.
If you are a black person and you hear and heard that in 2008, Andrew Cuomo said out of his own mouth that you should not shuck and jive at a press conference.
We understand the day or the days that after of our black history of Juneteenth and otherwise, Andrew Cuomo is not your option.
Choose a different option.
You have 11 of us on the ballot.
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