dianna morales was never 'the left' even by nyc standards and the only people who portray her as such are ppl with a complete ignorance of nyc politics, which includes a lot of the pmc media class on their two - to - six year tour of duty in manhattan / brooklyn. morales is a classic developer-friendly centrist lib who tried to position herself as a left candidate without actually picking up any support from their base. of course that will be a disaster.