Who Wants to Be Mayor of New York City?
Eric Adams
, 60
Dem
Brooklyn borough president; former New York City police officer
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.”
Maya Wiley
, 57
Dem
Former counsel to Mayor Bill de Blasio; former chairwoman of the Civilian Complaint Review Board; former MSNBC analyst
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.
Andrew Yang
, 46
Dem
Former presidential candidate; former nonprofit executive
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.
Scott M. Stringer
, 60
Dem
City comptroller; former Manhattan borough president
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.
Raymond J. McGuire
, 64
Dem
Former vice chairman at Citigroup
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.
Shaun Donovan
, 55
Dem
Former federal housing secretary; former White House budget director
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.
Carlos Menchaca
, 40
Dem
City Council member in Brooklyn
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.
Dianne Morales
, 53
Dem
Former nonprofit executive
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.
Kathryn Garcia
, 50
Dem
Former city sanitation commissioner
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.
Loree Sutton
, 61
Dem
Retired Army brigadier general; former head of the city’s Department of Veterans’ Services
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
, 28
Dem
Former candidate for Congress; rapper
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.
Sara Tirschwell
, 55
Rep
Former Wall Street executive
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.
Barbara Kavovit
, 55
Dem
Founder of a construction firm
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.
Fernando Mateo
, 63
Rep
Restaurant operator; former leader of a trade group for cabdrivers
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.
Isaac Wright Jr.
, 59
Dem
Lawyer
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.
Art Chang
, 57
Dem
Former managing director at JPMorgan Chase
He ran a voter outreach program and wants to create universal daycare for all children from age 1, to serve “a city of people who primarily live on the edge.”
Joycelyn Taylor
, 54
Dem
Chief executive of a general contracting firm
She is running as a working-class New Yorker who grew up in public housing. She wants to cancel rent for New Yorkers who cannot afford it and convert vacant office buildings into housing for the homeless.
Aaron Foldenauer
, 45
Dem
Lawyer
He previously ran for City Council in Lower Manhattan and has several ideas to improve the environment, including a “Bicycle Superhighway” that would run down Third Avenue in Manhattan.
William Pepitone
, 53
Rep
Former New York City police officer
He wants to combat “anarchy” in the city by returning to the “broken windows” policing strategy that was first widely used in the 1990s, to target minor violations in an effort to prevent serious crimes. He is a nephew of Joe Pepitone, the colorful ex-New York Yankee.
Christopher Krietchman
, 40
Ind
Health and wellness leader
A “futurist” and former bodybuilder, he once ran a meal delivery program. He wants to improve the city by combating greed and “white male privilege,” and allowing New Yorkers to “rent to own” a home.
Quanda Francis
, 40
Dem
Former New York City crime analyst
She was a crime analyst for the New York Police Department who has talked about the struggles she faced when she dropped out of high school. She wants to focus on maternal health for women of color after she almost died in childbirth.
Edward Cullen
, 34
Dem
Entrepreneur
A founder of the Harlem Tech Summit, he issued a 110-day plan to help the city rebound from the pandemic, with a focus on public-private partnerships. More
