Garcia, Yang to campaign together before first ranked-choice vote

Two leading contenders vying to become the Big Apple’s next mayor will campaign together Saturday — an unprecedented move that came together due to June 22 being the city’s first ranked-choice primary where voters can list their top five candidates.

The campaigns of the two mayoral hopefuls — entrepreneur Andrew Yang and former Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia — sent out nearly identical press releases at 6:29 p.m. Friday announcing the surprise matchup. “Ahead of NYC’s first ranked-choice election, mayoral candidates Kathryn Garcia and Andrew Yang kick off GOTV weekend together on the trail,” the emails stated about the joint, get out the vote effort.