Kathryn Garcia, Former Sanitation Chief, Launches NYC Mayoral Bid
NEW YORK CITY — Kathryn Garcia has worn many hats in her tenure working for New York City: “food czar” for the coronavirus crisis, interim head of NYCHA and “lead czar,” a Department of Environmental Protection leader and sanitation commissioner.
Her next could be New York City’s next mayor.
Garcia on Thursday formally launched her mayoral bid — an announcement expected since she resigned from her sanitation post in September.
She touted her role as the city’s “go-to crisis manager” in a release declaring her candidacy.
“We face critical challenges in New York City—the stakes are almost unimaginably high,” she said in a statement. “Our city’s next mayor will either make or break it. In the depths of overlapping crises, we must still have bold vision and be true to the strivers we all are. That’s why I am running.”
The race to replace Mayor Bill de Blasio, who is term-limited, is already crowded about year out from the 2021 election.
The field of candidates includes City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, former de Blasio aide Maya Wiley, City Council Member Carlos Menchaca and former Wall Street executive Ray McGuire in the race for mayor.
This article originally appeared on the New York City Patch
