Maya Wiley said
:
“We should focus on policy and not on personality,” “I’m focused on policy decisions and whether Black communities are being served and protected”
nytimes Wednesday, December 21, 2022 1:57:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“This is an example of the Department of Justice doing exactly what it has the power to do without an active Congress — to say: ‘We as prosecutors are going to be fair and just and not treat Brown and Black people as if they are somehow worse than White people,’”
WashingtonPost Saturday, December 17, 2022 3:40:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“This bill leaves the harmful legacy of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) behind and sends the message to LGBTQ and interracial couples everywhere that their marriages will be protected,”
thegrio Wednesday, December 14, 2022 2:58:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“It would be a mistake for anyone of any party to write off these powerful Black women, to write off Black candidates ever, and to suggest that anyone who runs great races, [because] all three of whom ran great races, all three of them showed they have what it takes, and all three of them aren’t going away,” “If we’re not continuing to invest in our pipeline and our leadership … I think they’re going to start to learn that that’s not a winning combination”
thegrio Tuesday, November 15, 2022 3:17:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley told
(
about Brittney Griner
)
:
“It’s incredibly important that we in the United States remember that Brittney Griner is an American who’s being held hostage as a political tool against the United States,”
thegrio Thursday, November 10, 2022 6:41:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley adding
(
about Donald Trump
)
:
“The fact that Donald Trump knew he had lost but convinced a bunch of people that he had won - it doesn’t change whether or not it’s a crime… It matters what a jury finds”
msnbc Tuesday, October 25, 2022 4:48:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“We have to make the process easier, not harder,”
thegrio Saturday, August 27, 2022 12:43:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“We’re talking about 800,000 women of childbearing age, two-thirds of them women of color, who are falling between the cracks right now,”
nytimes Thursday, August 18, 2022 12:53:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“The reality for us is that the system is too often infused with racial bias. That doesn’t change because someone who is White, and who perpetrated violence against Black people, is put to death,”
WashingtonPost Tuesday, July 5, 2022 2:37:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
"The Leadership Conference and the coalition are the epicenter of the ongoing fight for civil and human rights that endures and has become more urgent, with the rise of hate, the attack on history, and the challenges of voting in our democracy. It has been at the forefront of American history and remains a fierce force fighting to define our future,"
news-yahoo Wednesday, March 9, 2022 2:11:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley says
:
“It’s often racism that makes young people of color disposable, and we have to confront that and be honest about it,”
news-yahoo Tuesday, January 25, 2022 10:09:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley wrote
:
“Yes, it is still difficult for women, particularly women of color, to win citywide office in New York and statewide races around the country. And there can be no question that our democracy is in peril,”
thehill Sunday, November 21, 2021 3:37:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“If you only heard evening news sound bites, you would think all he talked about on the campaign trail was critical race theory,”
news-yahoo Wednesday, November 10, 2021 4:25:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“If you only heard evening news sound bites, you would think all he talked about on the campaign trail was critical race theory,”
wral Wednesday, November 10, 2021 1:49:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
"Candidates deciding to run together is a legitimate way of deciding what their strategy is,"
abc7ny Tuesday, June 22, 2021 12:45:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley recalled
:
“It was an extremely emotional experience, both because I went into my neighborhood poll site, a high school where my partner’s father went to high school, but I was also walking in the door full of pollsters who all look like me, most of whom are Black women, with a love and an energy that really spoke to the nature of the history-making [and] spoke to the support,”
news-yahoo Tuesday, June 22, 2021 11:41:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
"Candidates deciding to run together is a legitimate way of deciding what their strategy is," "There's nothing racist about that. Ranked choice voting is about giving voters the opportunity to say what their first choice, second choice, third choice is"
abc7ny Tuesday, June 22, 2021 7:00:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
(
about Eric Adams
)
:
“I can’t speak for Eric, but maybe one of the things that made him feel like he had to attack is that I have been very clear and have been unwavering on this issue of stop and frisk and bringing back an anti-crime unit that, frankly, was the last vestige of a racist, unconstitutional set of practices and policies in the police department that did not prevent crime,” “I want to be very clear and have been very clear, [it] will not come back on my watch”
thegrio Tuesday, June 22, 2021 3:18:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“This partnership is not racist and we should not be using this term so loosely against other candidates at the end of a long campaign when New Yorkers are all coming together to make important choices about our collective future,”
news-yahoo Tuesday, June 22, 2021 1:39:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“New Yorkers shouldn’t have to fear walking down the street,”
news-yahoo Tuesday, June 22, 2021 1:39:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
"Our fear should not trump the facts and the evidence around what keeps us safe,"
CBSnews Monday, June 21, 2021 11:58:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“This partnership is not racist and we should not be using this term so loosely against other candidates at the end of a long campaign when New Yorkers are all coming together to make important choices about our collective future,”
news-yahoo Monday, June 21, 2021 9:12:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“New Yorkers shouldn’t have to fear walking down the street,”
news-yahoo Monday, June 21, 2021 9:12:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley recalled
:
“It was an extremely emotional experience, both because I went into my neighborhood poll site, a high school where my partner’s father went to high school, but I was also walking in the door full of pollsters who all look like me, most of whom are Black women, with a love and an energy that really spoke to the nature of the history-making [and] spoke to the support,”
news-yahoo Monday, June 21, 2021 8:04:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
"All I'm doing is making sure everyone knows and can make a fully informed decision and ask them to rank me number one,"
abc7ny Monday, June 21, 2021 7:50:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“New Yorkers shouldn’t have to fear walking down the street,”
news-yahoo Monday, June 21, 2021 7:05:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley recalled
:
“It was an extremely emotional experience, both because I went into my neighborhood poll site, a high school where my partner’s father went to high school, but I was also walking in the door full of pollsters who all look like me, most of whom are Black women, with a love and an energy that really spoke to the nature of the history-making [and] spoke to the support,”
thegrio Monday, June 21, 2021 2:15:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley tells
:
“I’m not running against anyone else. I’m only running for the kinds of policies and change that I believe we have to have in the city if we’re not going to lose a whole generation of our kids … as a Black woman who knows what it’s like to fear crime and knows what it’s like to fear police violence, it is a lie that we have to choose between those two things,”
thegrio Monday, June 21, 2021 2:15:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
(
about Eric Adams
)
:
“I can’t speak for Eric, but maybe one of the things that made him feel like he had to attack is that I have been very clear and have been unwavering on this issue of stop and frisk and bringing back an anti-crime unit that, frankly, was the last vestige of a racist, unconstitutional set of practices and policies in the police department that did not prevent crime,” “I want to be very clear and have been very clear, [it] will not come back on my watch”
thegrio Monday, June 21, 2021 2:15:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“It is time and appropriate for New Yorkers to say, if you want to be the most powerful person in the city, show this city that you can manage your financial affairs if you want to manage a $90 billion budget,”
politico Monday, June 21, 2021 12:35:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
"All I'm doing is making sure everyone knows and can make a fully informed decision and ask them to rank me number one,"
abc7ny Monday, June 21, 2021 12:32:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
"All I'm doing is making sure everyone knows and can make a fully informed decision and ask them to rank me number one,"
abc7ny Monday, June 21, 2021 2:03:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“To see my name on a ballot is very hard to describe,”
guardian Sunday, June 20, 2021 9:38:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“My own daughter was body slammed on a subway by a mentally ill person, just a few weeks ago, and that was a traumatizing event for her. But did she say, ‘Mom, I wish there was a police officer to take this mentally ill person in handcuffs?’ No, she said ‘Mom, how come we’re not providing and getting help and outreach to these folks?’”
politico Sunday, June 20, 2021 3:28:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“We need a continuum of care and services for folks, everything from mental health crisis intervention … [to] rehabilitation services for those who are also drug addicted, because that is a reality and a mental health issue of its own, and we have to make sure we have both a housing first strategy for that and also the emergency medical services we need,”
politico Sunday, June 20, 2021 3:28:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“Our fear should not trump the facts and the evidence around what keeps us safe,”
politico Sunday, June 20, 2021 2:24:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
"People have been asked, 'can a progressive candidate win?' I'm focused on June 22, and getting people to rank the vote,"
abc7ny Saturday, June 19, 2021 11:28:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley told
:
“I was offered the opportunity to campaign with Andrew and Kathryn. I couldn’t do it because I’ve spent this entire campaign focused on how we serve people who are mentally ill, recognized that they have value and that they have human rights and that they deserve services and support,”
nypost Saturday, June 19, 2021 10:18:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“NYC is BACK Y’all! And we’ve got the BIGGEST selfie to prove it,”
nypost Saturday, June 19, 2021 8:14:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“Developers y’all got yours, the rich, the powerful, but this a city that’s going to be for the people,”
news-yahoo Thursday, June 17, 2021 10:12:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“Developers y’all got yours, the rich, the powerful, but this a city that’s going to be for the people,”
news-yahoo Thursday, June 17, 2021 9:44:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
(
about Eric Adams
)
:
"And the worst idea I've ever heard is bringing back stop and frisk and the anti-crime unit from Eric Adams which one, is racist. Two, is unconstitutional, and three, didn't stop any crime,"
abc7ny Thursday, June 17, 2021 1:57:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
"I have been Black all my life and I know what it's like to fear crime and police violence," "When we invest in trauma-informed care, when we stop the guns from getting fired in the first place, we are safe from both crime and police violence"
CBSnews Thursday, June 17, 2021 5:53:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
(
about Eric Adams
)
:
"And the worst idea I've ever heard is bringing back stop and frisk and the anti-crime unit from Eric Adams which one, is racist. Two, is unconstitutional, and three, didn't stop any crime,"
abc7ny Thursday, June 17, 2021 5:38:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“What we have the opportunity to do right now is to be smart about growing public safety,” “We are hiring police officers to do the job of social workers. We are hiring police officers to do the job of psychologists”
thehill Thursday, June 17, 2021 4:53:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“Some of the more conservative elements are coming at her. They’re dumping money into other campaigns. And she is undeterred in talking about the changes that need to happen in this city,”
politico Wednesday, June 16, 2021 12:53:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
(
about Rev Al Sharpton
)
:
“Is that a serious question, Rev.?”
nytimes Tuesday, June 15, 2021 10:45:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
"And that is not smart policing, that is not responsive policing, and until we get policing right we will not have trust in the New York City Police Department and that is something I am going to change,"
abc7ny Tuesday, June 15, 2021 1:49:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
"Justin Wallace is not dead because we don't have enough police officers,"
CBSnews Sunday, June 13, 2021 10:30:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley told
:
"What ranking more than one candidate means is if we go to a runoff, you will still have a voice and a vote,"
politico Sunday, June 13, 2021 5:43:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
(
about Eric Adams
)
:
"What differentiates me most from Eric Adams is that I have a plan to not go backwards to broken things that didn't work like stop and frisk,"
abc7ny Friday, June 11, 2021 7:07:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
(
about Kathryn Garcia
)
:
"You have been the person who has actually used your office to do audit reports against Kathryn Garcia, that really started after it was in your personal interest,"
nbcnewyork Friday, June 11, 2021 11:15:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
"I am the only candidate in this race that has a true position for police reform,"
nbcnewyork Wednesday, June 9, 2021 6:40:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
"I am the only candidate in this race that has a true position for police reform,"
nbcnewyork Tuesday, June 8, 2021 1:53:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
"I will shift a billion dollars from the New York City Police Department, because we will not have to call police anymore, we will have the people we need to call for the problems we have that do not require a police officer to solve," "And that's just being smart to keep us safe"
abc7ny Tuesday, June 8, 2021 6:52:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“I’m going to rebut it by making sure that nobody has to spend more than 30 percent of their pay on rent,”
thegrio Monday, June 7, 2021 10:08:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“Having the support of Rep. Ocasio-Cortez means the world to me,” “AOC is a fearless champion for our city in Congress. She has fought for working people, taken-on corporate greed, revolutionized the discussion on the urgent need to address climate change, and is an advocate for a more equitable economy. Nobody says and means change like her”
thegrio Sunday, June 6, 2021 6:15:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
"AOC is a fearless champion for our city in Congress. She has fought for working people, taken-on corporate greed, revolutionized the discussion on the urgent need to address climate change, and is an advocate for a more equitable economy. Nobody says and means change like her,"
ibtimes-sg Sunday, June 6, 2021 12:05:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
"Having the support of Rep. Ocasio-Cortez means the world to me," "AOC is a fearless champion for our city in Congress. She has fought for working people, taken-on corporate greed, revolutionized the discussion on the urgent need to address climate change, and is an advocate for a more equitable economy. Nobody says and means change like her"
fox10tv Sunday, June 6, 2021 1:10:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“It’s time we have this kind of courage, leading us through an historic crisis that has created a crossroads,” “We need the courage to bring every New Yorker back with us”
news-yahoo Saturday, June 5, 2021 11:55:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“It’s time we have this kind of courage leading us at a historic crossroads,”
guardian Saturday, June 5, 2021 10:44:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley told
:
"The debate was the opportunity for New Yorkers to see what courage looks like in the face of a crisis,"
politico Thursday, June 3, 2021 11:32:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
"It's not about ideology, it's about people's lives," "The issue we have in the city is we have to talk about the ideas and the plans that we all need"
politico Thursday, June 3, 2021 11:32:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
"We are going to stop hiring the next two cadet classes we have a police department that is bloated a $6 billion budget,"
abc7ny Thursday, June 3, 2021 5:54:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
(
about Mark Adams
)
:
“Mr. Adams has said he’s carried a gun to church, he has asked off-duty officers to carry guns to church,”
nytimes Thursday, June 3, 2021 5:50:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
"Rather than spend $3 billion on shelters people don't want to be in, we can spend less and people can have a home,"
nbcnewyork Wednesday, June 2, 2021 11:49:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“For a truly equitable New York City, we must improve our bus system, with a focus on improving speed, reliability and safety,”
nytimes Thursday, May 27, 2021 12:24:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“I’ve been Black my entire life,”
news-yahoo Friday, May 14, 2021 6:20:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“It’s really interesting to hear men always say they have all the experience,”
news-yahoo Friday, May 14, 2021 6:20:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
"Eric, Eric, you're a self-described conservative Republican, Rudy, Rudy Giuliani was mayor,"
abc7ny Friday, May 14, 2021 6:28:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
(
about Eric Adams
)
:
“She is a really good Eric Adams. She misses a little bit of the cadence. I gotta say, you got to work on that Alison, but in terms of the substance, she nails it,”
politico Thursday, May 13, 2021 1:21:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley answered
:
“in some neighborhoods it’s a lot higher”
aljazeera-en Tuesday, May 11, 2021 11:37:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley tells
:
“I think for all of us, our early experiences absolutely shape our understanding of the world and what we want to do in it,”
news-yahoo Thursday, May 6, 2021 2:57:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley wrote
:
“Some have expressed concerns that [ranked-choice voting] will hurt the chances of candidates of color. Not so,”
news-yahoo Tuesday, April 27, 2021 9:50:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“New York is not another startup where Andrew Yang can play with other people’s money and fail up,”
news-yahoo Saturday, April 17, 2021 7:28:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
"You don't use that word and absolutely you do not get to engage in that behavior, it is not funny, we do not laugh, we do not turn our backs and walk away,"
abc7ny Friday, April 16, 2021 1:55:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
"We need a mayor who's going to stand up and say no, heck no,"
abc7ny Friday, April 16, 2021 1:55:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“New York is not another startup where Andrew Yang can play with other people’s money and fail up,”
guardian Thursday, April 15, 2021 11:31:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley wrote
:
“Rather than $70m invested into saving residents from dangerous mould & lead paint, NYC creates another danger for Black & Latino residents?!”
theglobeandmail Thursday, April 15, 2021 4:31:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“New York is not another startup where Andrew Yang can play with other people’s money and fail up,”
guardian Thursday, April 15, 2021 3:24:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“What you’ve established, I think, is a model,”
newrepublic Monday, April 5, 2021 7:45:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“Andrew Yang, you have a home here,”
politico Friday, March 19, 2021 2:33:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
(
about Andrew Cuomo
)
:
“I call on Gov. Cuomo to resign because this is about an abuse of power,”
politico Thursday, March 4, 2021 1:18:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
:
“Once an investigation occurs, there must be accountability,” “In addition, it’s time to revoke Governor Cuomo’s emergency powers and return to more normal governance in Albany”
syracuse Saturday, February 20, 2021 12:54:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley says
:
“Black women are the cavalry in every crisis, the care-takers in every community and the consistent protectors of our democracy. Black women are celebrated on election day and exploited at work every day. To be a Black woman today is to be called a queen and then told we aren’t qualified sometimes even in the same sentence,”
thegrio Sunday, January 24, 2021 6:30:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley told
:
“I am running because I know that this is a city where we can all live with dignity if we have a city government that is transformative rather than transactional. We got to get off the treadmill of transaction. And as someone who spent 30 years as a civil rights lawyer, racial justice advocate outside and inside of city government, I know that it is possible,”
thegrio Sunday, January 24, 2021 6:30:00 PM EAT
Maya Wiley says
(
about York Police
)
:
“We need new models and New York can lead the way and I will put the public back in public safety,”
thegrio Thursday, January 14, 2021 2:57:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley tells
:
“There is none of us who have a job where we could receive 10, 12 complaints and keep our job,”
thegrio Thursday, January 14, 2021 2:57:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley says
:
“Black women have been delivering for this country for generations, as have Black men, and yet we are always seen as the mules and never the precious cargo,” “We’re leaders, we’re innovators, we’re problem solvers, we’re uniters, we’re idea generators, we are all the things that we need in society and it is about representation, but importantly, it is about experience. Because we are not going to have a leadership that serves us all if we don’t have a leadership that understands us all”
thegrio Thursday, January 14, 2021 2:57:00 AM EAT
Maya Wiley said
(
about Mika Brzezinski
)
:
“Well, first of all, Mika, I couldn’t imagine a better person to be discussing this with, since you’ve been telling us all to know our value,”
thedailybeast Saturday, December 5, 2020 2:28:00 AM EAT