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The stories gave the candidates ample space in which to explain their positions, without interjecting our  analysis. (That was an act of mercy toward readers, given the candidates’  loooong answers. Next time, we’re going to impose a word limit!) But for the final punctuation mark on our series, we decided to summarize the candidates’ answers into key themes and takeaways — a one-stop-shopping approach to help voters narrow down their options: Who really would rein in the cops? This ...

Andrew Yang expected to file for NYC mayoral race this week Andrew Cline/Shutterstock Former presidential candidate’s campaign plans to enter the Democratic primary field SHARE: Andrew Yang isn’t just the newest addition to the Democratic primary field in the race for mayor of New York City – he’s a new addition to city politics and government, whose experience doesn’t even extend to voting for mayor.  But Yang will have to learn fast, with six months to go until the June 2021 Democr...

Andrew Yang Puts in Bid to Replace Bill de Blasio, Registers to Run for NYC Mayor Newsweek 12/23/2020 Katherine Fung © Scott Eisen/Stringer Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang is interviewed outside of Hopkinton Town Hall following a campaign event on February 9, 2020 in Hopkinton, New Hampshire. Yang has officially registered his campaign to run for mayor of New York City. The New York City mayoral race is continuing to shape up ahead of its June election next ye...

Here’s Everyone Running for New York City Mayor (So Far) Forty-plus and counting. Photo: Getty Images, Shutterstock Are you running for mayor? No? You may be unique: More than six months before the primaries in June, the race is already brimming with candidates. Some 40 New Yorkers have filed campaign paperwork — ranging from career politicians to total newcomers — and several more are exploring bids for City Hall. Over the coming months, prepare yourself for a barrage of ...

Former DSNY boss Kathryn Garcia on mayoral run: Using experience to meet expectations Updated Feb 22, 2021; Posted Dec 18, 2020 In this August 2020 file photo, mayoral candidate Kathryn Garcia, right, in her previous role as Sanitation commissioner, joins Yulia Cilindrello, the owner of MarMar Mediterranean Restaurant in West Brighton, at the Food For Heroes table in New Springville. (Staten Island Advancel) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — She’s played a central role in heading some ...

There’s never been a woman elected Mayor of New York City and four of the candidates attempting to change that fact through next year’s election met for a forum Tuesday night hosted by Amplify Her, an organization dedicated to electing more women to office in New York City. Former New York City Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia, nonprofit executive Dianne Morales, former city Veterans Affairs Commissioner Loree Sutton, and Maya Wiley, a civil rights attorney and former counsel to Mayor...

From Fallujah to City Hall: A Marines Uphill Run to Be Mayor of New York Zach Iscol attends the 7th Annual Headstrong Gala at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers on Oct. 17, 2019, in New York City. (Photo by Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images for The Headstrong Project) 17 Dec 2020 Hes never run for office before, but former Marine Capt. Zach Iscol, 42, said his experience trying to bring peace to an Iraqi town east of Fallujah "could translate well" in his effort to be the next mayor of New York City. He sai...

Stephen Ross of Related (Getty, Wikipedia Commons) After 12 years of loving Michael Bloomberg and seven despising Bill de Blasio, some titans of real estate are ready to splurge on a pro-business mayoral candidate. But which one? And can real estate’s money make a difference anyway? Don’t count on it. First, the news: Related Companies Chairman Stephen Ross just poured $1 million into a campaign fund to influence the city’s 2021 elections for mayor and City Council, the New York Times rep...

It’s our December donation drive. Your gift helps us do these kinds of important stories. So please click here. Permanent “open streets.” “Safe routes to parks” that connect communities to open space via safe-cycling and traffic-calming infrastructure. “Complete Streets” that discourage reckless driving. These are some ideas for the city’s streetscape forwarded by a diverse field of Democratic mayoral candidates — 11 and counting —  10 of whom responded to a questionnaire f...

SHARE: The visuals for Shaun Donovan’s campaign kickoff event to be the next mayor of New York City couldn’t have been more New York. It opened with a prayer from the Rev. Johnny Ray Youngblood, who has been a leader on affordable housing in Brooklyn for more than 40 years. And Donovan spoke on the rooftop of Via Verde, a subsidized housing development in the South Bronx, with the Manhattan skyline rising over his shoulder.  But the endorsements that Donovan rolled out on Tuesday told a di...