Max Rose for mayor? It could work (opinion) Updated Dec 22, 2020; Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – It didn’t take long for soon-to-be-ex-Rep. Max Rose to plot his next move. After losing his House seat to Republican Nicole Malliotakis last month, Democrat Rose is aiming at City Hall. He’s opened a campaign account and has formally announced that he’s exploring a run for mayor. Mayor Bill de Blasio is term-limited out of office at the end of 2021 and other Democrats have already been lining up to run for the seat. Why not Rose? He’s got nothing to lose by putting his toe in the water.