Socialist Maurice Brown has served as a county legislator in the Syracuse area since 2024. Now he is running to replace one of the New York State Assembly’s longest-serving members, who Brown describes as an obstacle to progressive change.
Zohran Mamdani got the headlines, but New York was not a one-off. Candidates endorsed by the Working Families Party had amazing election successes elsewhere in America, showing well-organized progressives can beat the power of big money.
The I-81 project, completed in 1968—and Syracuse remains one of the most segregated cities in the country, with the highest concentration of poverty among communities of color, and the highest rates of lead poisoning in children. This was by design.
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