NEW YORK Staffers joining Andrew Yang’s presidential campaign were provided a list of “operating principles” a 10-point code of conduct as they competed against seasoned politicians jockeying for the 2020 Democratic nomination.
The guide included basic workplace tips: Keep an open mind to new ideas, take personal responsibility for mistakes, bolster recommendations with data. One of the tenets was more abrupt a directive to “align or resign.”
“Staffers are entitled to hold dissenting opinions, and, when necessary, those opinions should be shared with leadership. This should take place behind closed doors, in a one-on-one meeting. After the meeting, the discussion is over,” the provision reads, according to a copy obtained by POLITICO.
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Eric Adams is a leading Democratic contender for New York City mayor, but here’s a moderately-known fact: He used to be a Republican. And as Adams surges in the mayor’s race, his opponents are planning to take aim at his GOP past,
May 7, 2021
Nearly three decades ago, when Eric Adams decided he wanted to someday be mayor of New York City, he started a journal of observations about local governance, making periodic entries before bed.
He has now filled 26 notebooks.
The long arc of Mr. Adams’s career from the son of a Queens house cleaner to a reform-driven New York City police officer, from state senator to Brooklyn borough president and now a leading mayoral candidate is an ode to personal discipline. By his telling, his life has been carefully structured to land him on the precipice of the only job he has ever wanted, in the only city where he has ever really lived.
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With NYC mayoral primary just weeks away, Ray McGuire takes swing at Yang, ambiguous on Stringer scandal Michael Gartland
New York City mayoral candidate Ray McGuire took aim Monday at frontrunner rival Andrew Yang, saying he’s “never run anything, other than his mouth.”
In an interview with the Daily News editorial board Monday afternoon, McGuire, a former Citi exec who’s been trailing in recent polls, made his case to become New York City’s next mayor, claiming he’s the only candidate who can negotiate both on a corporate level and with community interests like NYCHA residents, wary of potential changes.