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Andrew Yang at a previous visit to St Ann and the Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn, New York (REUTERS)
Andrew Yang has been called out on social media after swearing during a campaign event in a Brooklyn church.
The New York City mayoral candidate has been accused of being disrespectful for saying “s ” in a house of worship.
Mr Yang was reminiscing about moving to the city during a campaign stop at St Ann’s Church and The Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn Heights on Saturday night.
“I moved here as a 21-year-old law student at Columbia. I didn’t know s ,” he told a couple of dozen voters at the event inside the church, adding: “You know, it’s like when you show up as a 21-year-old.”
Rep. Grace Meng backs Andrew Yang for NYC mayor Shant Shahrigian
Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) endorsed Andrew Yang for New York City mayor on Monday, hailing him as a coalition builder as the city reels from crises on multiple fronts.
The lawmaker, who’s taken a prominent stance against the nationwide spike in anti-Asian hate crimes, said Yang would strengthen “the presence of the Asian-American community, a community that has for way too long in both this country and right here in New York City been seen as too invisible.”
Nodding to Yang’s rise to national prominence during his unsuccessful 2020 run for the Democratic presidential nomination, Meng also said he’s “touched the hearts of Americans across the country,” positioning him to build alliances with all kinds of groups in the Big Apple.
It is easy to assume that New York’s next mayor will mark an automatic improvement over the status quo at Gracie Mansion. After all, under de Blasio’s watch, crime and housing costs have soared, while relationships with the New York Police Department and the business community have soured. Long before the pandemic, New York City’s population was declining as residents fled in droves.
But ranked choice voting could make that wishful thinking.
Instead of the traditional winner-take-all system, New York City voters will list up to five candidates in order of preference. If no candidate crosses the 50% threshold, the last place finisher is eliminated, and that person s votes go to their voters second choices. This process repeats until one candidate reaches 50.