may have endorsed Maya Wiley for the New York City mayoral race, but the congresswoman revealed she ranked Scott Stringer as her number two choice in the Democratic primaries.
"Here's the deal. This race, I think, has been really all over the place for a lot of people, to say the least. And so I do think it's been hard for folks to rank," Ocasio-Cortez said."I personally have ranked Scott Stringer number two and I think he's also a really strong candidate from a policy perspective."
Wiley is a civil rights attorney who spent more than two years as Mayor Bill de Blasio's counsel and has earned critical endorsements from key progressives like Ocasio-Cortez, as well as RepresentativesOcasio-Cortez publicly backed Wiley earlier this month, saying,"If we don't come together as a movement, we will get a New York City built by and for billionaires, and we need a city for and by working people.
"She has a strong progressive policy but also, I think that it's really important to have a mayor that's going to be really receptive to people actually calling and advocating for themselves," the congresswoman said."Maya Wiley is not supported by the big, wealthy real estate developers that profit off of sky-high rents. She's not being backed by super PACs with these huge corporate interests.
"It is a lot of pressure and I take it super seriously because that's all about trust, right. I will never, ever take anyone's trust for granted. It's such a sacred thing. So we put a lot of effort and a lot of thought into it," she said.
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