Mayoral candidate Andrew Yang turned on rival Kathryn Garcia, faulting the former city sanitation commissioner for “piles of trash” lining New York’s sidewalks
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, right, listens as the city's Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia speak during a press conference on Nov. 16, 2018, in New York. | Bebeto Matthews/AP Photo
Garcia disputed the findings. She wrote in a letter to DiNapoli that property owners, not her department, are responsible for sidewalk cleanliness and pointed out that government agencies often fail to keep up their properties. On the trail, the first-time candidate has sought to distinguish herself from others in the eight-person Democratic field by leaning into her managerial credentials.
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