Comptroller Scott Stringer Announces He's Running For NYC Mayor

NEW YORK CITY, NY — Comptroller Scott Stringer announced his bid for mayor of New York City on Tuesday. Stringer made the announcement in front of Inwood Hill Park in his childhood neighborhood of Upper Manhattan.

Stringer is a veteran politician, serving as an Assembly Member on the Upper West Side, the Manhattan Borough President, and most recently as the city's top fiscal watchdog as the comptroller.

The mayoral candidate's official launch included several endorsements from local politicians representing all parts of New York City: State Senator Alessandra Biaggi, State Senator Brian Kavanagh, State Senator Jessica Ramos, State Senator Julia Salazar, Assembly Member Al Taylor, Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niou Assembly Member Catalina Cruz, Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal, Assembly Member Robert Carroll, and Candidate for Assembly Amanda Satamo.

"We stay, we fight, and to the neighborhoods that have been knocked down, to the people that have been priced out, for the children who are our city's future, I'll bring leadership back to City Hall, and together, we will build a city for everyone," Stringer said during the news conference.

Stringer covered a wide variety of topics during his announcement, including his childhood years growing up in Washington Heights, his mother's death from coronavirus during the pandemicand his drive to get the economy and small businesses back up and running in the city.

"Our challenges do not compare to the trauma experienced by so many, but if I needed a reminder that we are in fact all in this together, and that our fates and futures are bound up together, among the more than 20,000 New Yorkers who lost their lives to the coronavirus, one of them was my mother," Stringer said.

Stringer now joins Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, former HUD head Shaun Donovan and Mayor Bill de Blasio's former head of Veterans Affairs Loree Sutton as declared candidates for the upcoming mayor's race.

Council Member Speaker Corey Johnson, city Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia, and former de Blasio advisor Maya Wiley are also considering running.

You can find out more about Scott Stringer and his bid for the mayor's office on his website.