Who Wants to Be Mayor of New York City?

Mr. Adams is running as a blue-collar New Yorker with deep ties to the city and experience in government. As a police officer, he was an advocate for reform from within the force, and he is a sharp critic of police brutality but does not embrace the “defund the police” movement. He has proposed that schools be open year-round. His outspoken manner sometimes gets him into trouble, as it did last year when he told gentrifiers to “go back to Iowa.”

Ms. Wiley says it is time for the city to elect its first mayor who is a Black woman. An expert on criminal justice issues and a favorite among progressives from her appearances on MSNBC, she wants to reform the Police Department and focus on inequality. She proposed a “New Deal” for New York that would create 100,000 jobs. Her work in the de Blasio administration may counter her image as an outsider.

Mr. Yang has distinguished his campaign with bold, if unorthodox, ideas. He wants to give 500,000 low-income New Yorkers $2,000 per year — a version of his universal basic income proposal from the 2020 presidential race — and he has proposed building a casino on Governors Island. He has strong name recognition, but has faced scrutiny over moving his family out of the city during the pandemic and the workplace culture at his presidential campaign and businesses.

Mr. Stringer has worked in government for years and has suggested that his brand of being a capable, experienced manager is what New York needs. He is a public school parent, focusing his campaign on affordable housing and early childhood education. He has secured endorsements from a diverse set of progressive leaders and is the only candidate who has won citywide office before, but he is also a white man at a time when many Black, Latino and female candidates have been elected in the New York area.

Mr. McGuire was recruited to run by members of the city’s business community who feel they have not had a voice at City Hall since Michael R. Bloomberg was mayor from 2002 to 2013; they want someone with a financial background to guide the city’s fiscal recovery. His first major proposal during his campaign was to create 500,000 good-paying jobs, but progressive voters may be wary of any candidate linked to Wall Street.

Mr. Donovan is a veteran of the Obama administration and the Bloomberg administration in New York City, and he has made his ties to the federal government a centerpiece of his campaign. He has released several policy proposals, including one to create “15-minute neighborhoods” to make sure every New Yorker has access to a good school, fresh food, transit and a park within 15 minutes of home.

Mr. Menchaca is a progressive councilman who helped defeat a rezoning proposal to expand the Industry City complex in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. He supports the “defund the police” movement, is an avid cyclist and has helped create the municipal identification cards known as IDNYC.

Ms. Morales has focused her campaign on improving life for poor and working-class New Yorkers. She has called for providing many of those residents with a guaranteed minimum income; cutting half of the $6 billion annual police budget to fund social services; and desegregating public schools.

Ms. Garcia is running as an experienced manager who can lead the city during a crisis. She oversaw the city’s huge trash operation and is respected among many in city government. As part of the de Blasio administration, she helped distribute millions of meals to hungry New Yorkers during the pandemic.

Ms. Sutton is a centrist who has not run for office before. She says her leadership experience makes her the best person to help the city recover from the pandemic. She helped reduce homelessness among veterans and wants to address the city’s broader homelessness crisis.

Paperboy Prince, from Brooklyn, is running on a platform of creating a universal basic income, abolishing the police and canceling rent — a campaign to forgive unpaid rent for those who cannot afford it. Last year, the rapper ran to be the first nonbinary member of Congress, but lost to Representative Nydia Velazquez.

She rose to high positions at financial firms like TCW, the giant asset-management company, and filed a prominent sexual harassment complaint against her boss. Ms. Tirschwell is running as a moderate and believes Democrats have moved too far to the left. She wants to reduce burdensome regulations and increase funding for the City University of New York.

Ms. Kavovit is best known for her appearances on the television show “The Real Housewives of New York City.” She is more conservative than some Democrats in the race; she does not want to cut the police budget and has said that Michael R. Bloomberg was her favorite mayor.

Mr. Mateo has led groups representing livery drivers and bodega workers, and runs a restaurant in the Bronx. He was born in the Dominican Republic and has ties to the city’s Latino community. He has been involved in politics for years and was linked to a scandal over Mayor Bill de Blasio’s fund-raising, but was never charged.

Mr. Wright was wrongfully convicted on drug charges in 1991. The ABC television show “For Life” is based on his story, and he is a producer on the show, along with the rapper 50 Cent. He is calling for city control of the subway and desegregating public schools.