Senator Zellnor Myrie launched an exploratory committee last week to begin raising funds for a mayoral campaign against NYC Mayor Eric Adams.
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“We need leadership and leaders who are competent and understand the nuts and bolts of government, and has the ability to execute on a vision for the city,” said Myrie about why he’s running. But Adams, whose campaign was dogged with questions over whether he actually lived in Brooklyn, has essentially faced criticism since day one. He’s since faced an unprecedented influx of asylum seekers and migrants, which has cut into the controversial partying of his early days in office but he still manages to travel, having just returned from a trip to Rome this week.
Myrie said, “This city has made me who I am today. It’s the promise and opportunity that brought my parents here close to 50 years ago.” He added, “It’s what allowed me to go to public schools in this city, eventually go to law school, and become a state senator representing the very neighborhoods I was born and raised in.”
to keep the hospital open as a result. “This was one of the most important fights I’ve been involved in for a number of reasons,” said Myrie. “Unfortunately, in Black communities the provision of healthcare has been lackluster. We’ve seen systemic ways of divesting from our communities.”
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