Yang Gang Effect Boosts New York Candidates Pushing Universal Basic Income

Yang Gang Effect Boosts New York Candidates Pushing Universal Basic Income

James Felton Keith speaks with residents in Central Harlem while campaigning, March 2, 2020. Sign up for “ THE CITY Scoop ,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning.

James Felton Keith is trying not to talk too much about economic theory on the campaign trail.

But that can be tough for the economist, ethnographer, former engineer and author who’s running for Congress in Upper Manhattan and The Bronx on a platform of universal basic income.The notion of every adult receiving an annual cash stipend got a buzzy entrance on the political […]

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