Progressives Split.

Who, for instance, might have had the clout to pull together Congress member Mondaire Jones and City Council member Carlina Rivera to insist they back Niou, even after several polls, including one a week before the election, showed her running a strong second to Goldman? Bronx Representative Ritchie Torres, once a WFP endorsee but less progressive than he used to be, endorsed Goldman on Thursday, as if to send a message to Niou and the WFP. But since Goldman was declared the winner - though Niou hasn't conceded as of this writing, because there could be as many as 13,000 absentee ballots still uncounted - I've wondered how much progressives really could have done. [Extracted from the article]