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)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. She’s played a central role in heading some of New York City’s largest agencies, and now, Kathryn Garcia says she hopes her experience can help propel her to the city’s highest office.
In a Wednesday interview with the Advance/SILive.com, Garcia, formerly the commissioner of the city’s Department of Sanitation (DSNY), laid out the case for her mayoral candidacy with focus on her longtime service in city government.
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