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Cuban-born businessman enters NYC mayoral race, calls himself ‘polar opposite’ of Mamdani

Manhattan businessman Joseph Hernandez launched an independent NYC mayoral campaign, promising to hire 10,000 police officers and convert unused office space into housing.

JosephHernandez,a52-year-oldentrepreneuroriginallyfromCuba,wasmotivatedtoentertheNewYorkCitymayoralracebyhisdisdainfortheleft-wingpolicieschampionedbyZohranMamdani. “IamtheabsolutepolaroppositeofZohranMamdaniandwhathestandsfor,”HernandeztoldFoxNewsDigital.“Ibelievethathardwork,educationandgritarewhatmakesyousuccessfulinthiscountry.” ZOHRANMAMDANILAUNCHESANTI-TRUMPTOURACROSSFIVEBOROUGHSINNEWYORKCITY Hernandez,aManhattanbusinessman,leadsBlueWaterVenturePartners,ahealthcareandtechnologyinvestmentfirm.Hehasalsofoundedoveradozenhealthcareandpharmaceuticalcompaniesoverthecourseofhiscareer,accordingtohiscampaign’swebsite. “Idon’treallyneedtodothisinmycareerormylife,butI’mreally,reallyconcernedwiththetrajectoryofthisgreatcity,”hetoldFoxNewsDigital. Hernandezsaidhelaunchedhisindependentma