Kathryn Garcia started the final day of early voting attempting to find some zen by doing yoga in Times Square.

But that serenity may not last too long.

What You Need To Know

  • For the second day in a row, Kathryn Garcia and Andrew Yang campaigned together in Manhattan

  • Garcia, though, has refused to tell her supporters to put Yang on the ballot

  • The former sanitation commissioner has said she wanted to get Yang's number two votes in a move to broaden her coalition ahead of Primary Day

For the second day in a row, Andrew Yang and the former sanitation commissioner campaigned together, despite Garcia’s very clear statement she would not co-endorse her rival. They strolled through Chinatown together Sunday afternoon ahead of a rally condemning anti-Asian hate. 

“I am just out here making sure we are getting out the vote,” Garcia said — clearly maintaining her noncommittal status to the so-called alliance.

Yang was far more complimentary.

“Its been great getting to know Kathryn over the last number of weeks,” he told NY1. "And this is the kind of collaborative spirit New Yorkers have been looking for.” 

Going further at the rally, Yang hopped on stage and told his supporters to rank Garcia second, though she has not returned the call.

“You should have Kathryn Garcia on your ballot right behind me,” he said standing next to Garcia. "She is an honest public servant.”

Earlier in the day, while campaigning on the Upper West Side, Garcia distanced herself from the former presidential candidate.

A voter asked her about the so-called alliance and she responded like this: “I wanted his number twos. And he said his number ones should vote for me number two and I did not endorse. That’s why."

Certainly not an endorsement. 

When asked about campaigning with Yang again, she explained it was the “best way I know how to win."

Garcia has been rising in the polls and it's clear she is trying to broaden her support going into Election Day. 

The race’s frontrunner, Eric Adams, has slammed Yang and Garcia’s move, claiming it was meant to derail the possibility of having a Black mayor. 

In fact, Adams is going after Garcia elsewhere as well with a new ad slamming her time as the head of the New York City Housing Authority. 

Garcia brushed that off. 

“When they are running negative ads, it means you are doing something right,” she said. She wouldn’t comment on the substance of the ad. 

Garcia only led the housing authority for about six months, coming in to shepherd the agency temporarily through a new federal monitorship. The lead crisis largely preceded her tenure there.