Who Is Andrew Yang?
Who Is?
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4.1 • 803 Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In 2020, Andrew Yang ran for president, and although he never really had a serious chance, he became a familiar name, and a familiar face. In 2021, he’s running for Mayor of New York City, and this time, he might win. If he does, Yang will face an enormous challenge: navigating one of the world’s most important cities through an uncertain recovery. A man with essentially no political experience but a lot of ideas and a lot of charisma, Yang has the opportunity to reimagine how the post-pandemic city functions. But he’ll also have to contend with the day-to-day realities of governing, from policing to public schools to public housing. On this episode of “Who Is?,” Sean Morrow dives deep into Yang himself, examines the policy and the people behind his current campaign for mayor, and explores how a city like New York can build an inclusive economy as it recovers from Covid-19.
- Katie Honan, who covers City Hall in New York City for The Wall Street Journal
- Amy Liu, vice president and director of the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, which she co-founded in 1996
- Harry Siegel, a senior editor at The Daily Beast, columnist at The New York Daily News, and co-host of the podcast FAQ NYC
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| 0:00.0 | Mayors have formal power and informal power. |
| 0:05.3 | As a mayor, you are responsible for providing the basic services that people expect from the government, |
| 0:11.7 | whether it's safety, whether it's public health, whether it's public education and other social services. |
| 0:19.1 | Yet, at the same time, the mayor is also a convener of a vision. |
| 0:25.2 | It's an election year in New York City. Yep, we decided to do that whole rigmarole two years in a row. |
| 0:32.9 | So let's take a look at politics in the greatest city in the world. |
| 0:41.3 | When you talk to someone who has a very cynical view of government and politics, it's usually the same complaints and criticisms. |
| 0:44.3 | It's everyone's corrupt. It's all pay to play. |
| 0:48.3 | Everyone is in on it and it's who's connected and that kind of thing and this idea of paying your dues |
| 0:56.4 | in a political system in order to get to the top job as mayor. |
| 0:59.7 | But what Andrew Yang is doing is saying, no, I haven't done all that. |
| 1:06.5 | As someone who lives in New York City and has a very cynical view of government and politics, |
| 1:12.7 | yes, I am watching Andrew Yang. |
| 1:15.2 | In 2021, Andrew Yang isn't running a race he has virtually no chance of winning. |
| 1:20.7 | Today, he's no longer some guy who decided to run for president. |
| 1:24.5 | He's some guy who could seriously become the next mayor of New York City. |
| 1:29.7 | So, who is Andrew Yang? |
| 1:43.4 | I'm Sean Morrow, and this is Who Is, the podcast from Now This, where we talk about power |
| 1:49.1 | through the stories of people who have it. |
| 1:52.5 | Andrew Yang is currently the frontrunner in New York City's race for mayor. |
| 1:57.3 | And although that election won't be held until November, it's pretty much a sure thing that whoever wins the Democratic primary in June will win the whole thing. |
| 2:06.6 | Being mayor of New York is one of like a handful of the most powerful non-president jobs in America. |
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