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Ready Freddy?

Ferrer wins NYC mayoral primary but faces a tough runoff against Mark Green.

By Doug Ireland

New York City municipal elections are a quadrennial exercise in racial and ethnic politics. And despite the attacks on the World Trade Center—which took place on Primary Day, resulting in the annulment of the election three and a half hours after the polls opened—that truism was again in evidence when the primary was finally held two weeks later. The extraordinary showing… return to article

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