NEW YORK â Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang, who officially entered the race for mayor of New York City last month, has named Indian American Sasha Neha Ahuja has co-manager of his campaign.
Yang has joined a crowded Democratic primary field in his bid for NYC mayor that includes longtime elected officials and veterans of the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio, who is barred by the city charter from seeking a third term, reported the Associated Press.
âIt is here in New York City that my passion for uplifting people, for wanting to move our country forward, got started,â Yang said at a campaign launch that was streamed on YouTube because of the coronavirus pandemic. âAnd now that we are facing this historic crisis I am aiming to unleash and channel that energy for a human-centered economy right here in New York, my home!â
The co-manager of Andrew Yang’s campaign to become mayor of New York City made controversial comments about Israel in 2012 that could complicate the candidate’s recent outreach efforts to the Orthodox communities of Brooklyn and other Jewish voters.
Yang, who recent polls show is the current frontrunner in the crowded June primaries of the NYC mayoral race, has taken a bold stance labeling the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement as antisemitic. But Sasha Neha Ahuja, the campaign’s co-campaign manager, in a series of Tweets in 2012, criticized both President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney over their position on Israel, disparaged Zionism and invoked what some see as an antisemitic trope.
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