Andrew Yang s wife lashes out at racist cartoon of candidate By WILLIAM HENNELLY in New York | China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-05-26 11:01 Andrew Yang, democratic candidate for mayor of New York City, arrives with his wife Evelyn Yang and State Senator John Liu during a campaign appearance at City Hall Park in New York City, US, May 24, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
While Andrew Yang on Tuesday visited the Queens subway station where an Asian man was shoved onto the tracks the day before, the wife of the New York City mayoral candidate responded to another subway issue a newspaper cartoon that she called a stereotypical depiction.
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On The Campaign Trail, Andrew Yang Tries To Live Up To The Hype
arrow Andrew Yang on the campaign trail, May 2021. Brigid Bergin / Gothamist
When Andrew Yang jumped into the Democratic race for New York City mayor he became an immediate frontrunner, buoyed by name recognition from his presidential bid and his more than one million followers on social media. Now, with less than a month before the primary, New Yorkers and not just journalists are asking tough questions, checking if this celebrity candidate has what it takes to lead the city.
On the corner of St. Nicholas Avenue and 125th Street in Harlem last Thursday, Yang greeted voters, dressed in his dark blue suit with light blue open-collar shirt. In the warmer weather, he has ditched the signature scarf, and that’s not all that’s changing.
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the fifth-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, shook up the New York City mayor’s race by throwing his support behind Maya Wiley in the Democratic primary earlier this month. The endorsement provided a major boost to Wiley, a former counsel to Mayor Bill de Blasio. It also put the rumored rivalry between Jeffries and one of Wiley’s opponents, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, into the spotlight.
Jeffries talked to City & State about why he backed Wiley and how, despite persistent “political gossip,” he has “nothing but respect” for Adams. The borough president also denied any discord. However, from their roots representing overlapping districts in the state legislature, the pair have notably ended up on the opposite sides of multiple political fights as they tried to play kingmaker in Central Brooklyn. With the mayor’s race in full swing, the pair find themselves at odds again with Adams trying to maintain his status as
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A pair of moderates may be dominating the mayor’s race, but one unabashed lefty is leaving her mark. Dianne Morales, virtually unknown when she kicked off her campaign way back in 2019,
has proven to be a force among the top eight Democrats vying for the nomination, our Janaki Chadha reports.
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