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Hardcore leftist Andrew Yang leads NYC mayoral race April 16, 2021 Andrew Yang, the communista who wants universal basic income, has taken the lead in the mayoral race in New York City. With a little more than two months until New Yorkers head to the polls to pick the Democratic candidate for mayor, Andrew Yang is widening the gap over his second-place rival, Eric Adams. A survey conducted by Data For Progress, a national think tank, found 26 percent of voters are supporting Yang’s candidacy — double the 13 percent who said they would support Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams. The ne...

Print Continue to article content New York Mayoral Candidate Andrew Yang speaks to members of the media along Canal Street subway station in New York City. | Spencer Platt/Getty Images Left leaning PAC to deploy policy poll in making case against Yang As the primary race for New York City mayor heads into the final 10 weeks, a left-leaning group — buoyed by a new poll showing popularity for its chief policy goals — is gearing up to make a public case against frontrunner Andrew Yang. The political action committee “Our City” recently commissioned a survey that found 56 percent of like...

NEW YORK — As the primary race for New York City mayor heads into the final 10 weeks, a left-leaning group — buoyed by a new poll showing popularity for its chief policy goals — is gearing up to make a public case against frontrunner Andrew Yang. The political action committee “Our City” recently commissioned a survey that found 56 percent of likely voters are unsure who to back in the eight-way Democratic primary — a race Yang has dominated since his entry in January. But the same 509 voters said they are looking for a candidate committed to shifting resources away from the NYPD,...

Gov. Greg Abbott made his comments on Fox News on Sunday morning. H.R.1, which passed the House on March 3, would overhaul voting law, including expanding mail-in balloting.

Julian Brave NoiseCat, vice-president of progressive think tank Data For Progress, joined Conversations host and Canada’s National Observer founder and editor-in-chief Linda Solomon Wood for a discussion on grassroots political organizing.