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Heres What You Need To Know About The Current NYC Mayoral Contenders arrow Barricades surround the entrance to New York City Hall in Lower Manhattan. Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock The race to succeed Mayor Bill de Blasio is heating up amid a wide-open field of mayoral candidates. New York City is facing historic challenges amid an unprecedented financial and public health crisis. Still, more than 30 people have registered to run for the citys top job—from political novice...

New Yorkers are getting to know the candidates as disembodied heads, with almost no opportunity to compare how they look standing next to one another.

Will NYC mayoral candidates’ height matter in the age of Zoom? © Provided by New York Daily News Scott Stringer, on Zoom. Pandemic-era TV and Zoom campaigning makes it hard for voters to take full measure of New York’s mayoral candidates: You can weigh their words and assess their style, but you can’t tell how tall they are. There’s evidence height is a factor in voters’ choices. In presidential contests from 1789 to 2016, the taller candidate won the popular vote 62% of the time, ...

SHARE: It took six months of Zoom parties, texts and phone calls to exes, but now that the latest filing deadline passed on Jan. 15, New York City candidates can finally show off the money they’ve been raising and spending. After a quick dig through the massive trove of hundreds of financial disclosures, here are some of the winners and losers. Winners Eric Adams & Scott Stringer: The Brooklyn borough president and the city comptroller are exactly where they need to be, at the top of the mayo...

Monday's also marked the first time the candidates shared the same stage in front of an in-person audience, as the Democratic primary kicks into high gear during the strange era of coronavirus.

On King Holiday, New York’s Mayoral Hopefuls Vie for Attention With the Rev. Al Sharpton playing host in Harlem, the crowded field of Democratic candidates tried to sell themselves and inspire a battered city. Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, emphasized his long-held ties to New York City, as a former police officer and as an elected official.Credit...Jose A. Alvarado Jr. for The New York Times Jan. 18, 2021 It was something of a familiar scene: One by one, the candidates runnin...

The annual remembrance of MLK Jr.’s legacy at the National Action Network celebration features NYC mayoral candidates Shant Shahrigian © Luiz C. Ribeiro Mayoral candidate Maya Wiley is pictured at National Action Network (NAN) during the Annual Martin Luther King Day Public Policy Forum to honor the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Following the deadly insurrection on Capitol Hill, this year’s forum will seek to use Dr. King’s teachings to combat hate and in...

Monday's also marked the first time the candidates shared the same stage in front of an in-person audience, as the Democratic primary kicks into high gear during the strange era of coronavirus.

Cash Is Pouring Into the N.Y.C. Mayoral Race. Here’s Who Has the Most. Eric Adams and Scott Stringer, two of the best-known candidates, continue to far outpace the rest of the Democratic field in raising money. Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, left, has raised the most money so far in the New York City mayor’s race.Credit...Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times Published Jan. 15, 2021Updated March 18, 2021 For several months, the New York City mayor’s race seemed to revolv...

NYC mayoral candidate Shaun Donovan wants the city to be more elder-friendly Shant Shahrigian The city would be reimagined as a place that’s friendly to the elderly, under a “Bill of Rights for Aging New Yorkers” from mayoral candidate Shaun Donovan. The former Bloomberg and Obama big set his sights on one of the most politically active parts of the electorate as candidates in the crowded race roll out proposals aimed at addressing major challenges in the era of COVID, hig...