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City/Town of Residence
Bronx, New York
Current Political Office (if applicable)
Not Applicable
Education
Fordham University Ph.D., Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy, May 2005; Fordham University, M.S., Administration and Supervision, 2001; Adelphi University - M.A., Special Education, 2000; Herbert H. Lehman College- B.A., Mathematics and Physics (1991); University Council for Educational Administration First Barbara L. Jackson Scholar
Experience and Qualifications
Please visit website for full bio, accomplishments, and key priorities. You will also find links to articles and interviews. Thank you.
Community Involvement
Building community has always been woven into the fabric of my life. As a Bronx resident and entrepreneur, community service isn’t something I do—it’s who I am, despite the challenges. Neighbors call on me when they need support, whether it’s organizing a block association, getting a pothole fixed, having an abandoned car towed, or strengthening communication between police and residents. My success comes from my leadership skills and ability to build relationships—real change starts with us.
Party Affiliation
Democratic Party
Key Endorsements
ARMY of Volunteers: Campaign powered by people who want real change.
Campaign Telephone Number
646-926-0072
Campaign Office Address
Bronx, New York
CampaignWebsite
drselmab.com
Instagram
drselmab4mayor
New York City stands at a crossroads. Our streets echo with both the brilliance of innovation and the cries of communities under strain. The issues of education, affordability, and safety are not isolated—they are interwoven challenges that demand a bold vision, holistic, compassionate, and courageous response. My mission is clear: Win Our Children and City Back. This is not just a campaign slogan; it is a call to action. A declaration that our children are Village Scholars, and schooling is just one part of the village. To truly build a future where every New Yorker thrives, we must rebuild the village— Networks of Care that connect educators, families, artists, business leaders, and neighbors. We must also build a thriving economy for all.
To protect affordability we must educate New Yorkers, develop community leaders, put guard rails up and around City Council and agencies to prevent the backroom deals made with developers which push hardworking New Yorkers out of the city.
My mission is clear: Win Our Children and City Back.
Students are Village Scholars, and schooling is only one piece of the village. We must build Networks of Care—engaging families, artists, entrepreneurs, educators, and neighbors.
Key priorities:
• Quality-of-Life Index Tool: What programs and resources are in your Zip Code? What are the gaps by ZIP to guide public investment?
• Cultural & Economic Ecosystems: Launch Eco-Business Hubs to build entrepreneurs across the city.
• Deep investment in Art, Music and STEM for all children.
High School Redesign: Change time structure for HS students allowing internships, civic leadership, and pathways to STEM.
• Public Art Access: Pop-Up Spaces and Artist Tents in event spaces.
• Subway Safety: Grey Birds pilot, riders who report cleanliness and safety.
• Drug and Weed Culture: Policy Reform: ERAE—Education, Redirection, Accountability, Enforcement.
• Domestic Violence Family Liaisons: Healing-centered response teams for DV cases.
SET A NEW TONE.
Clean & Safe Streets Initiative: Clean up NYC Streets. Launch “Clean NYC Now.” Work with Borough Presidents engage community, to communicate plan, and launch the Stewardship by Block, Day of Volunteer Service, and bridge the relationships.
Launch Quality of Life Index Tool: Provide residents with a clear and transparent picture of the city which builds trust and gain the buy-in for days of Volunteer Service and coming together to raise the quality of life.
NYCHA Accountability & Activation: Agency Transformation. Conduct a 100-day review of NYCHA "Current State" reports. Honest communication about the state of conditions and the strategic plan to address deep and chronic issues. Raise the standard of Leadership, Dignity, Care, and Communication in NYCHA.
Launch the ERAE Framework: Begin rollout of the Education, Redirection, Accountability, and Enforcement (ERAE) strategy for public safety.
My most ambitious goal is to build a Healthy Cultural and Economic Ecosystem—one that shifts mindsets, opens opportunity, and reclaims economic power for communities that have been systematically shut out. This means confronting outdated policies and removing regulatory barriers that stifle small businesses, entrepreneurs, and creatives.
It also means facing hard truths: Black, Hispanic, and women-owned businesses receive less than 1% of city contracts—a statistic that reflects not just bias, but a white-collar culture of exclusion and gatekeeping in City Hall.
To truly change this, we must bring New Yorkers together—across neighborhoods and industries—to redesign how opportunity flows in our city. This will take open communication, courage, and collective will. But with Eco-Business Hubs, financial empowerment, and transparency, we can spark a new economy—by us and for us.
The greatest impediment to transforming New York City’s economic ecosystem is the deeply entrenched culture of passive violence—a quiet but destructive force marked by indifference, low expectations, and systemic neglect. It shows up in policies that pretend to help but are designed to exclude, cumbersome and outdated regulations that stifle the creatives, in city contracting processes that quietly shut out Black, Hispanic, and women-owned businesses, and in leadership that accepts stagnation as the status quo. This passive violence doesn’t scream, but it suffocates progress, keeping opportunity locked away from residents and the very communities across all the boroughs that power this city. Dismantling it will require more than programs—it will demand political courage, transparency, civic will, and an unwavering commitment to building trust.
City/Town of Residence
New York City, Bronx
Current Political Office (if applicable)
N/A
Education
Northwestern University, degree in Journalism
Experience and Qualifications
As a son of Jamaican Immigrants, native of The Bronx, child of God, husband, father and a feminist with local, state and federal experience including defeating Trump when I was Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee, I am ready to lead New York City at this moment in time.
Community Involvement
I am the Founder & CEO of the KAIROS DEMOCRACY PROJECT, a nonpartisan 501(c)(4) social welfare organization committed to mobilizing Communities of Color and Young Americans on the practical daily benefits of a strong Democracy. I served as a Founding Visiting Fellow at Monroe College’s Institute of Social Justice, Government and Civic Engagement teaching more than 140 students twice a week about Civics and public policy. I am also leading the My Brother’s Keeper efforts for Monroe College.
Party Affiliation
Democratic
Key Endorsements
Emgage Action; 3 Bridges Democratic Club
Campaign Telephone Number
(929)269-3729
Campaign Office Address
1 Bruckner Blvd, Bronx, NY 10454
CampaignWebsite
blakefornyc.com
Instagram
www.instagram.com/blakefornyc
NYC has a true cost of living and affordability crisis. New Yorkers are working harder than ever yet falling further behind. Housing, food, childcare, transportation costs keep rising while wages remain stagnant. As a husband, father, son, and feminist, I know how these challenges uniquely affect women and families. I will center their voices and experiences in our city’s recovery. Housing Access & Stability. Housing is more than shelter, it’s the foundation of a safe, stable life. Too many New Yorkers are locked out of affordable housing. Economic justice also means closing the gender wage gap. Too many women, esp. women of color, continue to be underpaid for their labor. I will target wage equity and ensure women earn equal pay for equal work. Public Safety & Community Health: Public safety isn’t just about enforcement, it’s about making sure residents feel supported, healthy, and connected. Restoring public safety while investing in health and wellness is essential for our recovery.
I will declare an Emergency on the True Cost of Living and Affordability and issue an Executive Order to show how we Guarantee Income, Increase Wages, Demand Affordability and End Poverty, incl. providing Universal Childcare. I will modernize affordable housing so working people can stay in NYC and make housing more affordable by tying affordability metrics to Local Median Income. We will build 600,000 new housing units; raise income thresholds; end the discriminatory use of credit checks in housing applications and revive the Mitchell-Lama 2.0 initiative. I will fund neighborhood-based mental health services; expand mobile units; work with trusted community providers to improve access and destigmatize mental health in Black and immigrant communities via culturally competent providers and peer-led wellness models. We will support trauma informed crisis intervention and prioritize maternal and mental health via expanded funding for culturally competent doulas, midwives and therapists.
I will declare a State of Emergency on Day 1 to address the true cost of living and affordability in NYC and begin the process to launch a Guaranteed Income pilot program in neighborhoods hardest hit by economic insecurity, establishing a public dashboard tracking outcomes for full transparency and accountability. I will review all agency budgets, including the City’s operating budget, to identify savings, duplication of services and erroneous use of overtime that could be reallocated for essential services and roles at risk due to shortfalls. I may tap resources in the City’s reserves to ensure we operate in a manner that does greater strain on our ability to serve constituents and resist efforts from the federal government to destabilize our City. Federal threats to slash Medicaid, Medicare and vital benefits would have a crippling effect on women, esp. single mothers, caregivers and seniors. We will protect these services and advocate fiercely to ensure women are not left behind.
I will launch a Guaranteed Income pilot program to provide direct financial support to New Yorkers most impacted by the affordability crisis. This initiative is a central pillar of my broader agenda to stabilize communities, end cycles of poverty, and strengthen working-class opportunity across all boroughs. The pilot will provide an initial 20,000 New Yorkers with funds to address these costs, capped at $500 to start. Based on the program’s success, in partnership with city council, state and federal government, we will expand the eligibility pool and increase available funds. We will fund the program without raising taxes on working families. While also working with philanthropic partners, funding will come from drawing down cash reserves, reallocating funds in the current city budget incl. but not limited to excessive overtime pay; taxing vacant luxury apartments; recovering more than $2 billion in unpaid city fines, fees, and penalties; and ending corporate property tax exemptions.
The greatest impediment to Guaranteed Income will be political resistance, particularly from those satisfied or benefiting from the status quo. But everyone, regardless of race, economic or immigration status should be able to meet their basic needs. And we know Guaranteed Income works. Since the COVID pandemic, communities across America have launched more than 100 pilots and a growing body of research shows that recipients use the funds on basics like housing, food and utility bills.[1] After years of policies that only further divide the economic disparities between hardworking New Yorkers, it’s time for policies that protect them and lift them up. We will start with a pilot program, founded on data and in equity and build it over time as the program’s success is proven.
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City/Town of Residence
New York, NY
Current Political Office (if applicable)
NYS Senate, District 20
Education
P.S. 161 in Crown Heights; Brooklyn Tech High School; Fordham University; Cornell Law School
Experience and Qualifications
During my time in the State Senate, I have emerged as one of New York’s most respected legislators and a fierce champion on issues ranging from gun safety and criminal justice to voting rights and abortion rights to health care and affordable housing.
Community Involvement
I am proud of the strong community partnerships that I have built during my time in the New York State Senate. This year, I will unite New York City around new leadership. My focus on housing, affordability, and public safety will earn support from communities throughout the city and across the ideological spectrum, as will my strong legislative track record in Albany. By bringing together voices from across the city, our campaign is creating a movement that drives meaningful change.
Party Affiliation
Democratic Party
Key Endorsements
For an entire list of endorsements, please visit www.zellnor.nyc/endorsements
Campaign Telephone Number
(919)428-8278
Campaign Office Address
195 Montague St., Floor 12, Brooklyn, NY 11201
CampaignWebsite
www.zellnor.nyc
Instagram
www.instagram.com/senatormyrie
New York City faces a crisis of affordability, safety, and opportunity. First, our housing costs are out of control because we have failed to build enough supply. For decades, city leadership has delayed, downscaled, or outright abandoned plans to construct the housing we need. Today, our vacancy rate is just 1.4 percent, the lowest since the 1960s, and working families are being priced out or forced into overcrowded, unstable conditions. Second, childcare and youth services are failing to meet the needs of working parents, especially mothers. Nearly 4 out of 5 families can’t afford afterschool care, and 2 in 5 parents have had to turn down paid work due to childcare costs. Third, public safety remains a real concern. Although some crime is down, serious assaults are up and too many shootings go unsolved. New Yorkers feel less safe today than they did five years ago. These challenges demand bold, structural solutions.
To fix our housing crisis, I’ve proposed Rebuild NYC, a plan to create and preserve one million homes over the next decade. We’ll legalize more housing in every neighborhood, convert underused office space, redevelop public sites like schools and libraries into mixed-use housing, and scale mixed-income development on NYCHA land to preserve public housing without displacing a single resident. To support working families, my Opportunity Agenda guarantees free, universal afterschool for all students through 12th grade and expands universal 3-K and full-day Pre-K so no parent is forced to choose between care and their career. On public safety, my Clear 100 plan will rebuild the NYPD’s detective force to solve every shooting and close racial disparities in clearance rates. I’ll deploy co-responder teams to subways and expand proven violence prevention programs like Every Block Counts and Next STEPS. We can build a safer, more affordable city, if we choose to act.
In my first 100 days, I’ll take immediate action to tackle our housing, childcare, and public safety crises. First, I’ll introduce and work to pass the Mega Midtown rezoning to create up to 85,000 new homes, while launching standardized templates and streamlined approvals for small building and public site development. Second, I'll begin developing Afterschool for All and reform the city’s contracting process, so CBOs that provide childcare and youth programs are paid on time and treated as essential partners. Third, I’ll begin working with NYPD and other senior leadership to develop and implement parts of my public safety plan – including building infrastructure to solve every shooting and beginning deployment of 150 PACT (Police and Clinician Trio) teams across the city to respond to people in crisis and restore order in our subways and public spaces. These actions will set the tone for a mayoralty focused on delivery, equity, and safety.
The most ambitious goal I’ve set is to build and preserve one million homes over the next decade. Rebuild NYC is a comprehensive plan to meet this goal using every tool available. We’ll rezone Midtown to unlock up to 85,000 new mixed-income homes; legalize small buildings citywide with pre-approved designs; redevelop public sites like schools and libraries to add housing; and create new neighborhoods on underutilized land like the Brooklyn Marine Terminal and Aqueduct Racetrack. We’ll convert vacant office space into homes, shift shelter funding to build 50,000 permanent units, and preserve 150,000 at-risk apartments. At the center is a new model for NYCHA: scaling mixed-income development to fully repair public housing without displacing a single resident. Housing is the foundation for affordability, safety, and equity, and I’m ready to build what New Yorkers need.
One of our city’s biggest impediments is that we have forgotten how to build big and bold projects on time and under budget. Some will claim this can’t be done, that our city is too calcified and resistant to change. That the city that built the Empire State Building in 13 months can’t build as much housing as it did a century ago. But if Tokyo and Jersey City can do it, why can’t we? Today, housing proposals face years of delays from overlapping agencies, unclear approval processes, and outdated zoning rules. We must streamline permitting, standardize design templates for small buildings and public site redevelopments, and reform city contracting to reward speed, quality, and affordability. Most importantly, we must align every agency’s mission around one goal: building more housing.
By increasing housing supply, we can bring down costs for everyone and ensure that our city continues to grow. The choice is clear – either we build more housing or we risk losing New Yorkers.
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City/Town of Residence
New York City
Current Political Office (if applicable)
N/A
Education
Attended Manhattan Public Schools PS 152, JHS 52, and John F. Kennedy High School. Bachelor of Arts in Government Studies from John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
Experience and Qualifications
Life lifelong New Yorker who has served as State Assemblyman, Manhattan Borough President, and City Comptroller over the course of a 30-year-long career in public service.
Community Involvement
At 16, I was the youngest person ever appointed to a community board, and since then have stood alongside Mitchell-Lama tenants fighting to protect their homes as a community organizer, and alongside countless New Yorkers in their fight for reproductive justice, healthcare, lgbtq+ rights, and against the Trump agenda. I have fought for my beliefs both in and out of office.
Party Affiliation
Democratic
Key Endorsements
Congressman Jerry Nadler, Assemblymember Micah Lasher, Assemblymember Deborah Glick, Former Assemblymember Jim Brennan, West Side Democrats, Downtown Independent Democrats, Lexington Democratic Club,
Campaign Telephone Number
917-923-2078
Campaign Office Address
552 Columbus Avenue, New York, NY
CampaignWebsite
Stringer NYC c/o Leah Carter
Instagram
instagram.com/scottstringerformayor/
1. The failure of our public safety infrastructure
2. The affordability crisis
3. The corruption that has infested City Hall
1. Public Safety – New Yorkers deserve to feel safe in their neighborhoods and on public transit.
•Invest in mental health crisis response
•Increase real-time surveillance with privacy protections, better lighting, and station staffing to improve rider safety.
2. Affordability – Housing & Childcare – Skyrocketing rents and childcare costs are forcing families out.
•My Mitchell-Lama 2.0 plan would build deeply affordable housing on public land and crack down on bad landlords.
•Defend Good Cause Eviction and expand rental assistance for struggling New Yorkers.
•My Trishare Childcare Plan would split the cost of childcare between employers, the city, and families
3. Ethics & Corruption – New Yorkers deserve a government that works for them, not special interests.
•I’ll hold agencies accountable, protect whistleblowers, and ensure transparency in budgeting and decision-making.
•Reduce corporate influence in local elections while ensuring public financing works for grassroots candidates.
1. First, we form a whole new government, reforming the city agencies by recruiting the best and the brightest to lead them, putting out a clarion call for the people who want to serve the public and do the people’s business
2. Reform the NYPD, launching a serious recruitment campaign, focusing on local communities and returning the prestige and respect to the positions, while addressing the quality of life problems in the department, so we can rapidly recruit 3,000 more cops to get us back to the already budgeted 35,000 headcount
3. We’re going to appoint a Deputy Mayor for Quality of Life to launch the QualitySTAT and break down the silos between city agencies, allowing for a coordinated response that meets New Yorkers where they are. As comptroller, I audited the agencies. For us to be able to get a handle on this government, we need to be able to collaborate, Mental Health needs to talk to Small Business, so together we can deliver for the people of this city.
I am going to build on the legacy of the great mayors this city has ever seen and build the next generation of affordable housing in New York City. My Mitchell-Lama 2.0 Plan transforms vacant lots into new, deeply affordable housing units. We will partner with nonprofits and streamline the development process, saving the taxpayer money without sacrificing the construction quality. My ROOF plan prioritizes family-sized units to ensure parents can feel financially secure while raising their children in New York City. My Robin Hood plan expands tenant protections and holds bad landlords accountable, and in the most extreme cases, seizes the property to be redeveloped and transitioned into affordable housing under the supervision of tenant oversight boards. We will establish a $500 million revolving loan fund to build with local communities in mind and unlock $40 billion to bring NYCHA units into the 21st Century. With real leadership, every New Yorker can live with dignity and stability.
The Trump administration’s budgetary attacks against the city have the potential to severely inhibit what my administration is able to accomplish unless we prepare well. As Comptroller, I spent two terms managing the finances of this city and balancing the budget to ensure the city could facilitate real change and invest its funds to reflect the values of New Yorkers. As Mayor, I will create the Very Rainy Day Fund, one billion dollars set aside to ensure essential city services will not get disrupted by federal cuts. To rebuild our city, we need a highly experienced city manager who is not afraid to stand up to Trump and remind him that City Hall runs New York City, not the White House.
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