Maya Wiley Enters Crowded NYC Mayoral Race

NEW YORK CITY — Another candidate is angling to become New York City's next mayor — a job its current holder recently said he wouldn't urge anyone to take.

Maya Wiley, a former top city lawyer and a popular MSNBC analyst, officially announced her bid for the mayor's office in a YouTube video.

She pledged to bring a fresh voice to a city under the coronavirus pandemic, an economic crisis and a "crisis of confidence" in its leadership.

"So, if you're tired of the same old thing and you want to join on a new kind of journey, I ask that you join us," she said.

Wiley joins an already-crowded field in the race to succeed Mayor Bill de Blasio, whose term ends in 2021. De Blasio this week jokingly said it's a job no one should take.

"This moment in history ... I wouldn't urge anyone to want to be Mayor of New York City," he said.

Declared and prospective candidates for mayor include Comptroller Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, former HUD head Shaun Donovan, former head of Veterans Affairs Loree Sutton and former city Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia.