Photo: Jim Palmer/AP Photo A telegenic, progressive state legislator was storming city hall, leading a rather unprecedented coalition: the youth, the recent transplants, and those who had long been alienated by traditional politics. His top rival, a reactionary from the old school, had rapidly consolidated the support of the city’s business and real-estate elite. One campaign flyer asked whether the city could “afford” this progressive Democrat who supposedly had the “softest record on crime”

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