Andrew Yang expected to file for NYC mayoral race this week
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Former presidential candidate’s campaign plans to enter the Democratic primary field
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Andrew Yang isn’t just the newest addition to the Democratic primary field in the race for mayor of New York City – he’s a new addition to city politics and government, whose experience doesn’t even extend to voting for mayor.
But Yang will have to learn fast, with six months to go until the June 2021 Democratic primary. A source close to Yang exclusively told City & State that he plans to file with the New York City Campaign Finance Board this week, formally entering the race for mayor, but declined to comment further. However Yang is not expected to actively raise money or launch his campaign until sometime after January 5, when voting is completed in the U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia. The one-time presidential candidate has temporarily relocated to the state to help support the two Democra
Ideas for a new New York
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The coronavirus revealed the cracks in New York s foundation. Here are the big ideas that could remake New York – and make sure this never happens again.
Experts, advocates and lawmakers on the ambitious policies that could remake New York after the pandemic.
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“Never let a crisis go to waste.” The maxim – of uncertain origin – is often proclaimed when discussing what the world will look like after the coronavirus pandemic. But this “new normal” we’ve been hearing so much about: Is that just a world without handshakes, or will it mean something more dramatic?
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The visuals for Shaun Donovan’s campaign kickoff event to be the next mayor of New York City couldn’t have been more New York. It opened with a prayer from the Rev. Johnny Ray Youngblood, who has been a leader on affordable housing in Brooklyn for more than 40 years. And Donovan spoke on the rooftop of Via Verde, a subsidized housing development in the South Bronx, with the Manhattan skyline rising over his shoulder.
But the endorsements that Donovan rolled out on Tuesday told a different story, of somebody whose closest political connections and strongest support aren’t based in New York, but rather Washington D.C., and other cities around the country that Donovan worked with when he was a cabinet secretary in President Barack Obama’s administration
Max Rose opens campaign account for 2021 mayoral run
Updated Dec 11, 2020;
Posted Dec 10, 2020
Max Rose (D-Staten Island/Brooklyn) started a mayoral campaign account Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. (Staten Island Advance/Jason Paderon)Jason Paderon
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. About a month after losing his Congressional re-election bid, Max Rose (D-Staten Island/Brooklyn) started a mayoral campaign account Thursday, records from the New York City Campaign Finance Board show.
Rose did not officially announce a run for the office. Efforts to reach Rose’s office were unsuccessful Thursday night.
Rose took to Twitter, telling his followers to “stay tuned.”
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