Adams, Yang Spar as McGuire Takes Shots in NYC Debate
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Andrew Yang, mayoral candidate for New York City
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Eric Adams and Andrew Yang bickered, Ray McGuire pushed his status as a non-politician and Scott Stringer scoffed at Yang’s proposal to have a casino on Governor’s Island. In their final televised appearance together before the primary election, the eight leading Democratic candidates for New York mayor debated rising crime, homelessness, climate change and undocumented immigrants.
No candidate admitted to getting more than six hours of sleep a night. And on one thing, all those asked seemed to agree: they would not offer Mayor Bill de Blasio a job in their administration.