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Andrew Yang officially announces candidacy for NYC mayor
By Shelly Banjo Bloomberg,Updated January 14, 2021, 12:04 a.m.
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Tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang, a former presidential contender, officially declared his run for New York City mayor on Wednesday.
âI moved to New York City 25 years ago,â he said in a campaign video released Wednesday. âI came of age, fell in love, and became a father here. Seeing our City in so much pain breaks my heart.â
In the video, released on Twitter, he put forth an agenda that included a guaranteed minimum income, bringing universal high-speed Internet, starting a âpeopleâs bank,â and reopening New York City âintelligentlyâ from the pandemic.
Andrew Yang Starts NYC Mayoral Run With Guaranteed-Income Pledge Bloomberg 1/14/2021 Shelly Banjo
(Bloomberg) Tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang, a former presidential contender, officially declared his run for New York City mayor.
In a campaign video released late Wednesday on Twitter, Yang put forth an agenda that included a guaranteed minimum income, bringing universal high-speed Internet, starting a “people’s bank” and reopening New York City “intelligently” from the pandemic.
“I moved to New York City 25 years ago,” he said in the video. “I came of age, fell in love, and became a father here. Seeing our city in so much pain breaks my heart.”