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Five leading New York City mayoral candidates hoped to boost their environmentalist credentials as they talked about their green plans in an Earth Day video released Thursday night by the New York League of Conservation Voters.
“The next mayor has a monumental task. We cannot afford to wait anymore on climate change. We must act,” NYLCV President Julie Tighe said to open “A Greener City Hall: conversations with NYC Mayoral candidates.” “That means increasing the amount of recycling we do. That means protecting our world class drinking supply and keeping it clean. That means greening our transportation sector and investing in resilience infrastructure to protect our communities from flooding and from the impacts of heat.”
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NYC mayoral hopeful Andrew Yang s pitch to an LGBTQ political club went disastrously wrong, per a New York Times report.
Yang grated the members with glib references to gay bars and gay people being a secret weapon.
One member of the club described his pitch as having Michael Scott levels of cringe.
New York City mayoral frontrunner Andrew Yang bewildered members of a prominent LGBTQ+ political club in the city with Michael Scott levels of cringe while trying to win their endorsement, The New York Times reported Thursday.
Several members of the Stonewall Democrats of New York City relayed to The Times and posted on Twitter that Yang offended the group by referring to the gay community as so beautiful and human and a secret weapon, and his constant references to gay bars and clubs.
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