A collage of New York City mayor candidates.
The race for City Hall
By POLITICO NEW YORK STAFF
05/04/2021 05:01 AM EDT
Updated
New York City’s June 22 Democratic primary is one of the most important mayoral contests in recent memory and is heating up every day. In a city that is roughly 7 to 1 Democrat, the primary could determine the next mayor, after almost eight years of a term-limited Mayor Bill de Blasio.
The crowded field includes more than two dozen hopefuls and based on early polls, fundraising and media attention, eight candidates appear viable in the first ever citywide ranked choice primary.
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April 28, 2021
Janet Ruth Terner, 83, died Saturday, April 17, 2021 after a long illness.
She is survived by daughters Jessica Terner and Michele Terner, and granddaughter Katherine Byrnes, all of Virginia.
A native of Reading Pa., Janet entered Shimer College in Mt. Carroll, Ill., at age 16 to participate in the innovative Great Books Program, now an international educational initiative. Janet graduated with a bachelor of science degree in history of science and then earned a master’s degree in history of science from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She began her government career at the Library of Congress as a reference librarian where she edited and compiled bibliographic reference works including biographical sources in the sciences. She later served under Dr. Anthony Fauci at the National Institutes of Health as a program analyst for many years.