A Wife With Powerful Ties Is an Unexpected Architect of a New York Comeback

By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, MICHAEL BARBARO and AMY CHOZICK

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Huma Abedin, with Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2008, has helped to hire staff members from her long history with the Clintons.

Huma Abedin has been a driving force behind Anthony Weiner’s return, drawing on her close connection with the Clinton family to lay the groundwork.