Having grown up in a Black neighborhood, gone to a segregated Black public school that was overcrowded and underfunded, watched my neighbors be displaced when rents went up and they couldn't afford to pay them - all this shaped my… — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
So, I was in a segregated, all black, public elementary school until fourth grade, until my father died. And that's when my mother transferred me to a private, predominantly white school and I saw both sides of the world at… — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
Red Hook is cut off from the rest of the borough by the Brooklyn Queens Expressway and has no subway access, forcing residents to… — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
So, the real question isn't, in my view, whether someone can beat Trump in 2020. The question is can the Democrats start articulating a… — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
Big telecommunications monopolies - many of whom now seek to be content providers as well - shouldn't be able to price others out of… — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
Red Hook, Brooklyn, is a spit of land jutting out over the New York Harbor and looking across to the gleaming high rises of… — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
As mayor, my New Deal for New York will be a massive infrastructure, stimulus, and jobs program consisting of a $10 billion investment. — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
My father, because he was an academic, he did not shy away from meeting with academics who focused on political science, sociology, he actively… — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
Do you know how many women in a survey reported experiences of sexual harassment on the job? Eighty percent. It is so common. It's… — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
Legal arguments, particularly when they reach the highest court in the land, can be detached from daily life. — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
We used to watch my father, who was a civil-rights activist, get arrested on TV sometimes, and we never knew if he was going… — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
Whether a resident needs to get online to access homework or supplemental educational tools, to search for a job or start a business, broadband… — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
Some will say I don't sound like past mayors or look like them or think like them, and I say yes, I don't -… — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
Democrats and Republicans agree that police misconduct should be better tracked. But agreement appears to end there. — Maya Wiley Copy Share Image
