On Wednesday, the former 2020 Democratic White House candidate Andrew Yang announced that he will be running for Mayor of New York City this year. “I am running for mayor because I see a crisis — and I believe I can help,” he said on his campaign website.
“I moved to New York City 25 years ago. I came of age, fell in love, and became a father here. Seeing our City the way it is now breaks my heart,” he added. “What we do in the coming months will determine our city’s trajectory for decades.”
Yang talked about “the largest basic income program in history,” and an investment in a “human-centered economy. He also covered “fact-based governance” and an accessible health care system as priorities.
“We need to do all this while enacting accountable and smart policing, building affordable housing, closing our city’s digital divide, modernizing transportation and city services, and more,” he said.
“Let’s fight for a future New York City that we can be proud of — together,” he wrote in a Twitter post as an announcement of his campaign.
Young was born in upstate New York and spent most of his adult life in Manhattan.
One year ago he ended his presidential campaign and he lasted longer than some other higher-profile Democrats. During that time he frequently talked about his universal basic income platform, which he called the Freedom Dividend.
He endorsed President-elect Biden last March.
Also, this November he announced that he would move to Georgia to help two Democratic Senate candidates with their ultimately successful runoff campaigns.
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