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New York Democrats drift as party loses power and focus
The New York Democratic Party faces a deep crisis of identity and discipline as leaders, scholars, and politicians describe it as adrift. Moynihan, Koch, Messinger, and others warn that liberal roots clash with centrist shifts while Republicans capitalize with a strong lineup and rising national influence.
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New York
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Moynihan
Edward I. Koch
Democratic Party
U.S
Albany
Manhattan
C. Virginia Fields
Deborah Glick
Alan Brinkley
Columbia University
Alfonso D’amato
D'Amato
Pataki
Mario Cuomo
Ruth Messinger
al Sharpton
Messinger
Queens
Claire Shulman
Giuliani
New York City
Catherine Abate
Cuomo
Charles Schumer
Brooklyn
Alan Hevesi
Ahate
H. Carl McCall
Mark Green
Judith Hope
Senate
Jill Alper
Democratic National Committee
D’amato
Alper
New York Democrats
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Robert F. Wagner
Robert F. Kennedy
Koch
Clinton
Hur
Giulian