Yang ended his presidential campaign in February of last year after poor numbers in the first two state primary contests in Iowa and New Hampshire. We will move New York forward – together Andrew Yang We need to do all this while enacting accountable and smart policing, building affordable housing, closing our city’s digital divide, modernizing transportation and city services, and more. We need to launch the largest basic income program in history, invest in a human-centered economy, return to fact-based governance, and create an accessible healthcare system. He continued his pledge for a universal basic income in his mayoral announcement. Yang, who had no background in electoral politics, built an ardent grassroots following in the race to become the Democratic Party’s nominee for the presidency with his pledge to create a universal basic income that would pay every American $1,000 a month. Join us at /n9zxPybgbh- Andrew Yang□□□□ January 14, 2021 Let’s fight for a future New York City that we can be proud of – together. Seeing our City in so much pain breaks my heart. I came of age, fell in love, and became a father here. Yang joins a list of candidates that includes Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, city Comptroller Scott Stringer, former Civilian Complaint Review Board chair Maya Wiley, former sanitation commissioner Kathryn Garcia, former HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, Dianne Morales, and several others in the running to succeed Mayor Bill de Blasio.I moved to New York City 25 years ago. The New York City mayoral primary is in June. “Their pain is being ignored by our city and our community. Right now, these workers are being pushed into the shadows and being killed, mistreated, systematically marginalized,” Yang said. “We need to decriminalize sex work here in New York City to show a model for what the better approach is. “There are so many ways that we should be investing resources, that I think most New Yorkers would agree that we have been overinvesting in measures that may not actually make us safer.”Īfter visiting the site in Flushing where a prostitute leaped to her death from an apartment building during an NYPD operation sting in 2017, Yang talked about migrant workers who work in the sex industry that have been harassed by the NYPD. “I think that most New Yorkers would agree that we have been underinvesting in our communities for years and generations at multiple levels,” Yang said. When asked about his position on defunding the NYPD and how he intends to work with NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea, Yang said that the NYPD could use a civilian commission who is a bit more independent in culture and background mirrored after the federal level, where there is a civilian head of the military. In regards to alleviating living conditions in NYCHA housing without heat, gas and water, Yang said he would invest millions of dollars in these complexes by activating resources (though he didn’t elaborate on what kind of resources) to make them “safer and modern.” “As mayor, I will be working closely with the state to make sure that New Yorkers are not frustrated,” said Yang, who wants to target the most vulnerable population. In response to the current vaccine protocols and what he would do to help the people of New York, Yang said he thinks that many New Yorkers are frustrated by the vaccination process so far and wants the state and city to get on the same page. This is a dangerous pandemic, but we owe it to ourselves to take care of our people then accelerate our comeback from COVID.” (Photo by Gabriele Holtermann) “If you look around our city, you see scenes that should shock our conscience. But the pandemic has magnified and amplified those inequities to levels that are unconscionable,” Yang said. “So many people were left behind even before the pandemic. In the video, Yang wears a “Forward New York” mask, as he walks the streets, promising to create a guaranteed minimum income, expand access to high-speed internet, “take back control of our subway,” and create a People’s Bank, “so it stops being so expensive to be poor.”ĭuring the conference, Yang said he would work to alleviate poverty in the city, guarantee a minimum income, and build an economy that works for people in the city. 13, his 46th birthday, in a two-and-a-half minute video. He officially launched his campaign for mayor on Wednesday, Jan. Yang, who moved to New York City 25 years ago, won a national following (#YangGang) as a presidential candidate in the 2020 Democratic primary. A protester interrupts NYC Mayoral Candidate Andrew Yang’s press conference outside Queens Library in Flushing on January 15, 2021.
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