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An Irish African-American teenager says he wants to be mayor of New York to help his city.
18-year-old Thomas Downs is believed to be the youngest candidate to run for mayoral office there.
His father, Ronan Downs, emigrated from Ireland to the US back in 1974.
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Thomas says he is running as an independent because we need solid bipartisan efforts to effect the changes that will benefit us. I will fight for environmental reforms, small business support plans, and aiding low-income communities as your Mayor. I am eager and ready to serve the people of New York , he says.
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The petition deadline for independent candidates, and the nominees of unqualified parties, for local office in New York state was May 25. One of the petitions was submitted for Thomas Downs, an 18-year-old running for Mayor of New York city. His ballot label is Future Party. He needed 3,750 signatures. See this story.
Although the 2020 session of the New York legislature increased the statewide petition from 15,000 to 45,000 signatures, it did not increase the local or district petitions. Furthermore in 2021 it passed a bill, cutting those petitions in half, for 2021 only.