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Andrew Yang Backs a Civilian Commissioner for the NYPD, Keeping the SHSAT
Tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang, the latest candidate to enter the crowded race for mayor, said he backs appointing a civilian commissioner for the NYPD, and supports keeping the high-stakes entrance exam for specialized high schools but wants to broaden the criteria for admissions.
"The NYPD could use a civilian commissioner," the Democrat said in a Thursday night interview with Inside City Hall anchor Errol Louis. "I think having a commissioner independent from the culture of the police department would give that commissioner a better read on how to help the police department both do its job effectively and also help reform the department to avoid some of the abuses we've seen."
Among his other proposals:
City control of public transit
Closing down Rikers Island — although he says the current timeline will need to be adjusted due to crises the city is facing
Using smartphone technology to verify who has been vaccinated for COVID-19
Oh please. Like the State is just going to give back control over the MTA back to the City, because they did such a great job of running it before they became bankrupt and the State had to take over.
Also no good that he supports closing down Rikers. That means who supports those borough-based jails.
I think Yang has his heart in the right place, I think he's genuinely one of the very, very few good, honest people in politics but I think all that will change if he were to be elected in NYC. He's too soft and the democrats in NYC will chew him up and spit him out and he'll probably be brought off. Its not saying he would have to play dirty but you got to play HARD. You can play hard without playing dirty and I don't think he has that in him.
I think a much better candidate would be Larry Sharpe.
I think Yang has his heart in the right place, I think he's genuinely one of the very, very few good, honest people in politics but I think all that will change if he were to be elected in NYC. He's too soft and the democrats in NYC will chew him up and spit him out and he'll probably be brought off. Its not saying he would have to play dirty but you got to play HARD. You can play hard without playing dirty and I don't think he has that in him.
I think a much better candidate would be Larry Sharpe.
So your answer is to vote for a corrupt politician who can fight another corrupt politician? It sounds to me like you're saying Yang isn't corrupt/good enough for you.
Martin Luther King III said Yang’s proposal to parse out $1 billion to low income residents of the five boroughs was a concept his father would have backed, adding that Yang’s involvement in the runoff elections in Georgia also sealed this endorsement.
Yang’s proposal would reserve $2,000 for 500,000 New Yorkers on an annual basis on top of $5,000 available to some through IDNYC programs.
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