Politico | Jun 2, 2022
…said. “There’s a lot of erasure, especially when women and women of color run. There’s a lot of focus on when big names are running — or like when, you know, it’s men.” – Yuh-Line Niou.
“Yuh-Line is a fierce campaigner. It’s not impossible … but she’s going to have to do this in a smart way,” said George Arzt, a Democratic political consultant not working with any of the candidates.
Her path to victory could run through the district’s two Chinatowns. Asian American voters aren’t monolithic or necessarily progressive; Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa won nearly half of the vote in Sunset Park…
