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Growing up, I had a best friend named Charlene.
We did everything together.
But one day I couldn't find her. She lived around the corner, and we went to the same neighborhood public school. She was my bestie in the classroom and in the streets (we didn't have a playground). So I could always find her. But suddenly, she was just gone.
I told my mom â I was confused and upset. What she told me was more upsetting. She said that Charlene's mom, a cashier at the neighborhood grocery store, couldn't pay the rent because the landlord raised it.
I was crushed. Charlene moved and I couldn't even say goodbye. It was so unfair that her mom worked so hard and still couldn't hold on to their home. That stuck with me â my pain at losing a friend, but also how wrong and unfair the world is to Black people.
Our school was overcrowded. Too many people couldn't find work or didn't earn enough to keep food on the table and a roof over their heads. I was angry. Very angry.
That anger is why I went to law school to become a civil rights lawyer. It made me want to fight alongside communities for a world where there are no more Charlenes â or kids and families who have the rug pulled out from under them at every turn because the system was designed to fail them.
And here's the thing about bad systems. They don't just fail people of color. Too many middle-class families of all races feel the squeeze of high rents, expensive child care, the high health care costs and the struggle for good schools.
I know that policymakers created it and that means we can change it â for the better, for all of us.
Here in New York, our vibrant communities of color â Black, Latino, Asian â who make up so many of our essential workers, who make New York New York, are being pushed or forced out of the city by soaring housing costs, stagnant wages, lack of affordable health care, joblessness, and unequal access to education. COVID-19 has only exacerbated these issues.
I'm running for Mayor because New York is a magical city; because we speak 800 languages; because we are a global city; because everyone is here and everyone must be able to stay here with dignity â dignity at home, at work, and in the streets.
The twin pandemics of structural racism and COVID-19 has meant that the New York we love and the diversity that makes us special has been threatened. We can't just recover from COVID. We must reimagine New York to retain what we love about it while making it fair and just.
No one who looks like me has ever been mayor of this city, and it's time for that to change. I am unapologetic about my commitment to transforming this city. I'm not a politician, and I don't have a political machine behind me. That means I will partner with people to find the best solutions and make the tough decisions decisively. That means that I can't do this alone. "We the people" must power this mission. I have faith in democracy and the powers of community and organizing. That's why I'm writing to you today.
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Maya
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