NYC Sanitation Commissioner Resigns Ahead Of Likely Mayoral Run

NEW YORK CITY — The city's sanitation commissioner Kathryn Garcia resigned ahead of a potential mayoral bid.

Garcia's resignation Tuesday unfolded as another city official — Comptroller Scott Stringer — made his run for Gracie Mansion official.

The increasingly-crowded race to replace Mayor Bill de Blasio could feature three women — former counsel Maya Wiley, former head of veteran affairs Loree Sutton and Garcia — who served in his administration.

De Blasio heaped praise on Garcia, noting her past work with NYCHA and current efforts on the city's pandemic food program.

"Three strong women," he said. "I think that's good for New York City. So I wish her and all of them great luck."

But Garcia apparently didn't return the praise.

The New York Post reported her resignation letter trashed de Blasio's "unconscionable" recent cuts to sanitation.

“This budget crisis is incredibly severe, but I am disappointed to see so much of the work we have done over the last six years being walked back,” she wrote in the letter, as first reported by the Post. “If, as is often said, budgets are a statement of values, my values require me to resign in the face of these cuts, which will harm New Yorkers.”