Newsman: New York city is now looking forward to elect it’s 110th new Mayor. In this huge and unbearable pain of loss & suffering in the pandemic, the election to replace de Blasio is shaping up to be a very different race. Maypor Bill De Blazio’s tenure will end on December31st 2020.
While the US presidential election results and transition of power in focus to every single American, Two candidates, Scott Stringer and Maya Wiley, looking to succeed him next year. They have announced their campaigns at relatively gentle interaction. Among other candidates, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, past Citigroup executive Ray McGuire and former nonprofit head Dianne Morales Are also on the list of challengers.
As the presidential election draws to a close, the contest to succeed de Blasio, will be unlike any other in city history. It features a crowded field of contestants with the growing progressive wing of the Democratic Party and a creeping unease over safety, the economy and quality-of-life matters in a city transformed by the ongoing pandemic.
“This will look different than any race, except for the very bizarre eight-week run between Sept. 11 and the November general back in 2001,” Jonathan Rosen, a consultant who worked on de Blasio’s 2013 race, said in a recent media interview. “Then, as in now, the city faced real existential questions about its future. Unlike then, the pandemic and what it means for the city is yet to be determined and there’s no end in sight.”
The virus-era restriction on gatherings is not the only novel factor in the upcoming election. The primary contest — which will likely decide the race in a city where Democrats outnumber Republicans 8-to-1 — has been moved by state law from September to June, compressing the political calendar and robbing candidates of standard summer opportunities to connect with voters.
