Maya Wiley Wants to Rid the Big Apple of Its Bad Apples

The mayoral hopeful plans to become NYC’s first female Black mayor by making it more affordable and technologically competitive. But first she wants to defund the NYPD.

Bonsu Thompson
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8 min readJun 18, 2021

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Photo courtesy of the Office of Maya Wiley

New York City has elected only one African-American mayor ever. As far as women, the city…

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Bonsu Thompson
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Bonsu Thompson is a writer, producer, Brooklynite and 2019 Sundance Screenwriters Lab fellow.