One of these people will be the next mayor of New York. Meet all 15 candidates, each selling a different vision of the city. Interviews by NewYorkNico Photographs by brucegilden
On June 22, 1665, Thomas Willett was named the first mayor of New York. Like all good mayors, he was something of a coalitional candidate, one of the few men of rank acceptable to both the Dutch residents and the English invaders. One imagines that questions about authenticity and what it means to be a “real New Yorker” didn’t much exist then , but Willett had a good pedigree and, as all New York City mayors must do, kept up a good relationship with the governor, who in this case appointed him.
Ranked choice is supposed to boost fringier candidates like Paperboy Love Prince, a rapper and performance artist who has challenged rivals to basketball games and pie-throwing contests. On the new ballot, a New Yorker could rank Prince first and not fear “wasting” their vote, since voting will continue for several rounds.
On the economic recovery: Roll out free child-care centers and end the eviction crisis. “It costs a city much more money if people end up homeless.”HUD secretary under President Obama , U.S. Office of Management and Budget director .On the economic recovery: Provide $1,000 “equity bonds” to children, create 500,000 new jobs, and increase affordable-housing stock.Mets or Yankees: Yankees.
Favorite New York movie: “I can give you a play. I’d say Fences on Broadway would be the play, but the favorite New York movie, I got to think about that one.”Executive director and CEO of Phipps Neighborhoods, the social-services arm of developer Phipps Houses.On education: Desegregate schools by eliminating screens.
What makes him a New Yorker: “I’ve been shot. I’ve been stabbed. I finished third in the hot-dog-eating contest at Nathan’s Famous. I was Mr. King Neptune at the annual Mermaid Parade. I was the commissioner of stickball. Is there anything more New York than that?” If she could move Gracie Mansion from East End Avenue, she’d move it: “To Brooklyn, of course. I’m from East New York.”On policing: Demilitarize and downsize. “We have a police department that Mayor Bloomberg bragged would be seventh in the world if it were an army.”
Hidden talent: “The ability to do mediocre impressions. During the presidential, it was other presidential candidates; now, it’s other mayoral candidates.”Brooklyn borough president , state senator , and 22-year NYPD veteran. On the economic recovery: Issue zero-interest microloans to small businesses and provide free child care to families making less than $70,000 a year.Restaurant owner, founder of the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers, and advocate for the United Bodegas of America.On policing: Hire 20,000 more officers. “We need more cops on our streets, especially now, coming out of years of Bill de Blasio.
On the economic recovery: Create a “solidarity economy” that cuts tax breaks to big-box stores and expands small-business-recovery funding. On policing: “Without a doubt, my No. 1 priority is law and order. Refund the police. Hire more police.”Scott Stringer, 61, DemocratOn policing: Increase CCRB disciplinary power and stop treating the police as a mental-health force. “Forty percent of calls to 911 are not for crimes; they’re mental-health episodic issues, wellness issues, quality-of-life issues.”
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