Speaking as someone who was actually intrigued by the @AndrewYang for President campaign (behind Sanders and Warren), I have found myself *deeply* concerned about and opposed to Yang for NYC Mayor.
I am really focused on Yang’s choice of campaign management firm, which is immediately disqualifying. Tusk Strategies is a corporate lobbyist, Bloomberg affiliated, NYPD/PBA Trump- supporting entity.
He did not have to hire them. That was a decision. I find it unacceptable.
Yang’s other affiliations & positions on key issues are also quite distressing. Examples include on policing, tax policy, or the ugly smearing of Palestinian rights advocacy.
But Yang’s choice of campaign staffing is most troubling because it demonstrates that he is pursuing a win by any costs mentality, and suggests the type of folks who may advise and influence him should he become mayor.
Andrew Yang seems like a very a nice person and a good guy. But that doesn’t mean you should vote for him for Mayor.
There are other two clear options that New Yorkers should rank and vote for: @mayawiley and @Dianne4NYC.
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NEW: A coalition of grassroots & racial justice orgs fighting to dismantle 94 Crime Bill just sent this letter to @SpeakerPelosi, urging Congress once again to stop fueling nation’s policing, criminalization, and incarceration crises through funding allocations.
Were Congress to continue funding policing,
particularly at levels it's considering this appropriations period, it would represent a staggering & unforgiveable undermining of #DefendBlackLives & #DefundPolice movement and the needs of communities nationwide during this pandemic.
It would be unconscionable for Congress to ignore and ultimately reject the central tenet of the largest social movement in U.S. history if it were to now send hundreds of millions of dollars to reinforce police budgets, police power, and police departments’ violent behavior.
Get police out of protests.
Get police out of schools.
Get police out of mental health crises.
Get police out of addressing homelessness.
Get police out of addressing substance use.
Get police out of addressing domestic violence.
Get police out of subways.
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Get police out of sex work.
Get police out of COVID-19 enforcement.
Get police out of street closures.
Get police out of concerts.
Get police out of parks.
Get police out of sponsoring youth soccer leagues.
Get police out of harassing food vendors.
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#DefundPolice also means redirecting all of these police resources to 1) developing non-carceral, community led systems, and 2) towards long-term health and well-being in the form of basic needs: education, employment, housing, infrastructure.