When New York State Democrats gathered at their nominating convention in May, they chose an all-white ticket of statewide candidates headed by a standard-bearer, Andrew Cuomo, who has put forward a program that would balance the state’s $9 billion-plus budget deficit at the expense of working-class people.

Q. Do you think Cuomo is relying in the debate on you attacking him from the left and Carl Paladino attacking him from the right and he’ll come off looking mainstream? A. “He can rely on that all he wants. He has to answer to the people of the State of New York, not who’s […]