Andrew Yang files paperwork to run for mayor of New York City
Andrew Yang, the tech entrepreneur who rose to national prominence as a 2020 Democratic candidate for president, has filed paperwork to run for mayor of New York City. The move sets him up to join a crowded Democratic race just six months before a primary will likely determine the next mayor.
A financial form for Yang's potential campaign was filed with the city's Campaign Finance Board on Wednesday. Yang also now appears as a mayoral contender on the finance board's list of 2021 citywide candidates.
The paperwork does not guarantee that Yang is running, and he so far has no campaign contributions. A source close to Yang told CBS News that these steps are "just procedural" and no decision has been made, but added Yang is "seriously considering it and this was the necessary next step."
A poll released this week by Education Reform Now Advocacy, a charter school advocacy group, showed Yang as the top candidate for New York's next mayor, even though he hadn't yet filed paperwork or announced a campaign. Yang led the poll with 17 percent support — 1 percent higher than Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president who's seen as a leading candidate.
Yang has also been floated as a possible contender for U.S. Commerce Secretary in the incoming Biden administration, sources told CBS News — though one source said a mayoral run would likely conflict with that.
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