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NEW YORK (77WABC) — New York Public Advocate Jumaane Williams announced today that he is officially running for governor of New York.
I'm running for Governor of New York.
Without new, courageous, progressive leadership creating change, the way things have always been will stand in the way of what they can be.
Join our movement to take on the powerful and restore power to the people: https://t.co/RuzRo0M7aV pic.twitter.com/LtOufePr9p
— Jumaane Williams (@JumaaneWilliams) November 16, 2021
“Right now, our state needs to move forward from a pandemic, from an era of scandal and from old ways of governing that have failed so many for so long,” Williams says in the announcement video. “For over a decade in office, I’ve shaken things up while passing nearly 70 laws on behalf of the people and more than any public advocate in history. There is a movement building in New York, a courageous, progressive movement that challenges the powerful and helps restore that power to the people, a movement I’m proud to be a part of.”
“Because without courageous, progressive leadership, the way things have always been will stand in the way of what they can be,” he adds.
Williams was re-elected Public Advocate earlier this month and has been in the role since 2019. He had considered a run for the state’s top job before disgraced Governor Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation.
Williams ran for lieutenant governor in 2018 against current Governor Kathy Hochul. The two will go up against each other in the Democratic primary, along with state Attorney General Letitia James and possibly Mayor Bill de Blasio — who has indicated he may run.
