Andrew Yang launches New York mayoral run and calls for universal basic income

Andrew Yang launches New York mayoral run and calls for universal basic income

The former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang formally announced his run as New York City mayor on Thursday morning, promising to rebuild a city that has been devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The formal announcement came after Yang released his first campaign video, directed by the film director and producer Darren Aronofsky, on Wednesday night. The video showed Yang, sporting a mask that read “Forward New York”, going around the city talking to and elbow-bumping residents.

“The fears for our future that caused me to run for president have accelerated since this pandemic started,” Yang told a small crowd of supporters […]

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