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Many voters had seen Wu as the leftmost candidate, but being mayor has complicated this perception. She has declined to call for a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza, for example, despite frequent protests. Last year, she increased funding for a gang database that she had previously vowed to dismantle and called “discriminatory.” The decision came after observing reforms under a new police commissioner and “spending time with people in different police units,” she told me. A few months later,