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Andrew Yang to kick off NYC mayoral bid, with push for universal basic income

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Former 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang on Thursday will launch his New York City mayoral campaign -- hoping to replace outgoing Bill de Blasio with an audacious pitch for a universal basic income as a headline policy.

Yang will speak in Morningside Heights in Manhattan’s Upper West Side after announcing his campaign on Wednesday evening. In a campaign video, he made a nod toward policies similar to those that characterized his longshot 2020 presidential bid. "Seeing my city the way it is now breaks my heart," Yang said. "We need to realize Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of a guaranteed minimum income and get cash into the hands of people who need it most.

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