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Maya D. Wiley (born January 2, 1964) is an American lawyer, professor, and civil rights activist. She has served as president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights since May 2022.
Maya Wiley is the president and CEO of Civil Rights, a nonprofit organization that fights for justice, equality, and fairness. She has worked as a counsel to the mayor of New York City, a professor at the New School, a legal analyst for NBC and MSNBC, and a co-founder of the Center for Social Inclusion.
First-time candidate Maya Wiley, a former MSNBC analyst who served as counsel to Mayor Bill de Blasio, is among the race’s moreprogressive candidates. A civil rights attorney who began her career with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund in 1992, Wiley has focused her campaign on racial and economic justice and police reform.
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May 19, 2021 · Maya Wiley, at a vaccine sign-up in Brooklyn last month, is a civil rights lawyer who has focused her mayoral campaign on addressing inequality and systemic racism. Credit...
Jul 6, 2021 · Maya Wiley, a former counsel to Mayor Bill de Blasio and a former commentator on MSNBC, is in third place by a small margin after the early rounds of ranked-choice voting tabulation.
Feb 17, 2021 · Maya Wiley is a civil-rights activist, lawyer, and former de Blasio adviser who is running for New York City mayor in 2021. She talks about her personal and professional background, her vision for the city, and the challenges she faces as a progressive Black woman candidate.
Jun 10, 2021 · Last week, during the first in-person Democratic debate for New York mayoral candidates, Maya Wiley, the 57-year-old progressive, did something unexpected.
