SHARE: Let’s be honest – New York City comptroller isn’t everybody’s first choice. After Michelle Caruso-Cabrera’s high-profile yet unsuccessful challenge to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the 2020 Democratic congressional primary, her recent decision to run for comptroller looks like somebody seeking a consolation prize. Of course, she’s not alone. Zach Iscol was running for mayor for months before he decided to drop out and run for comptroller instead. But he’s just following the example of the current comptroller, Scott Stringer, who was well into a 2013 mayoral run before deciding he would run for comptroller instead. Now eight years later, Stringer is following the well-worn path of city comptrollers running for mayor. Of the past nine city comptrollers, only one of them (Elizabeth Holtzman, the lone woman to hold the office) did not subsequently run for mayor.