Rep. Max Rose speaks to constituents. | Mary Altaffer/AP Photo
Max Rose bows out of New York City mayor s race
NEW YORK Former Rep. Max Rose will not run for mayor of New York City this year.
The Staten Island Democrat bowed out on Sunday, several weeks after opening an account with the city s Campaign Finance Board and announcing that he was exploring a mayoral bid.
“After serious consideration, I will not be running for Mayor of New York this year,” he said in a statement on Sunday.
Rose, an Army veteran, had set his sights on City Hall after losing his bid for re-election to a second term in Congress, defeated by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican.
The stories gave the candidates ample space in which to explain their positions, without interjecting our analysis. (That was an act of mercy toward readers, given the candidates’
loooong answers. Next time, we’re going to impose a word limit!) But for the final punctuation mark on our series, we decided to summarize the candidates’ answers into key themes and takeaways a one-stop-shopping approach to help voters narrow down their options:
Who really would rein in the cops?
This was a real litmus-test question, given the NYPD’s wholesale flouting of Mayor de Blasio’s authority.
A former cop, Adams did not stake out any bold reforms, saying that “you can’t take the police out of Vision Zero” and calling for “greater precinct-level accountability from integrity control officers.” Can’t take the police out of Vision Zero? Really? Street-safety activists, fed up with cops who don’t even know the rudiments of the Vehicle and Traffic Law and just use it t
Andrew Yang files papers to run for NYC mayor in 2021
By: WPIX Staff
and last updated 2020-12-23 18:24:20-05
NEW YORK â Businessman and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang has filed papers to enter the already crowded Democratic field in the race for mayor of New York City in 2021.
Yang filed papers with the New York City Campaign Finance Board Wednesday to join the race. Yang, a CNN commentator following his run for president, now arguably has the highest national profile of any of the candidates.
The former ambassador for global entrepreneurship under President Barack Obama has not officially announced his run. Yang grew up in Westchester County, went to law school at Columbia and began his legal career in New York City.