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As a rising star in the state Senate a decade ago,
The now mayoral hopeful was caught up in a probe that condemned the politicized process leading to the initial 2010 selection of Aqueduct Entertainment Group to run video slot machines at the track. Adams was the chair of the Senate Racing and Wagering Committee when the choice was made.
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Andrew Yang landed the endorsement of Rep. Grace Meng today, boosting his bid to be New York City’s first Asian American mayor at an auspicious time for the city’s Asian community.
“I will work my heart out to make sure that he is elected,” Meng, who represents Queens, said at an endorsement event in Flushing. Meng will be a co-chair of Yang’s mayoral campaign, joining Rep. Ritchie Torres and Martin Luther King III.
Meng is the first Asian American elected to Congress from New York and the highest-ranking Asian official in the city.
“I would be honored to follow in her footsteps as the first Asian American mayor in the history of our great city. I will be a mayor for all New Yorkers, and I think New Yorkers sense that,” Yang said. “But I will say that it will give me a special degree of pride to help make Asian Americans in our city feel like we are part of the fabric of this city,” he said, adding that the community has been treated as a
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For a man potentially on the verge of achieving New York City’s highest elected office, Andrew Yang’s views on voting are hard to pin down.
He was asked Thursday night during a forum hosted by the New York Immigration Coalition if he supported a Council bill that would allow certain non-citizens to vote in city elections. Rivals Eric Adams, Maya Wiley and Shaun Donovan are among those who support the measure.
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scrutiny amid Yang’s sustained popularity in the polls and concerns that his client whom Tusk recently referred to as an “
an empty vessel” would be subject to undue influence by someone who could personally profit from a friendly mayor.