Beeping out!
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
First Lady Chirlane McCray said
she won’t run for Brooklyn Borough
President, ruling out her long-rumored
move from Gracie Mansion to
Borough Hall in an Oct. 15 television
interview.
“It was a diffi cult decision, I’ve
thought about running for Brooklyn
Borough President, I’ve thought about
it long and hard and decided that in
this urgent moment there’s so much
work to be done right now, right here
where I am,” McCray told NY1.
The wife of Mayor Bill de Blasio
said she decided to focus on the many
tasks at hand for City Hall amid the
ongoing COVID-19 crisis and the pandemic’s
devastating toll on the Five
Boroughs.
“The pandemic has devastated so
many families and people are hurting
and I want to make sure that New
Yorkers have all the services they need
and our city comes back stronger than
ever after this crisis,” so McCray.
When asked by NY1 anchor Cheryl
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Wills if she plans to run for any other
political offi ce, McCray declined to give
specifi cs, saying only time will tell.
“I don’t know what the future holds
for me at this moment, there’s a lot of
uncertainty,” Herroner said. “My focus
is on the work that I’m doing right
now, gonna continue that focus that
brings me joy and satisfaction.”
The politician’s exit leaves a fi eld
of several well-established candidates
looking to succeed incumbent Eric Adams
in 2021, such as councilmen Robert
Cornegy (D–Bedford-Stuyvesant),
Antonio Reynoso (D–Bushwick), and
Mathieu Eugene (D–Flatbush).
Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon
launched her campaign for
beep on Oct. 1 with an emphasis of
having a woman occupy the office
ending a run of 19 consecutive men
who have occupied the seat at Borough
Hall since the great City of
Brooklyn was incorporated as one
of just five boroughs in 1898.
Other than the state legislator,
the only other women remaining in
the race are former Bushwick Council
candidate Kim Council and Community
Board 17 member Pearlene
Fields, according to the most recent
filings with the New York City Campaign
Finance Board.
The rumor mill for her beep bid
went into high gear earlier this year
just before the pandemic hit, when
McCray became more active in the
borough and dropped hints of a possible
run to local media outlets, leading
some pols to describe it as Brooklyn’s
worst-kept secret.
Around the time, she launched a
$9 million taxpayer-funded mental
health initiative to connect fi rst-time
parents in Brooklyn to various services,
along with a podcast with Fort
Greene arts organization Bric called
“Thrive with Chirlane McCray,”
prompting Reynoso to denounce the
moves as an “obviously political ploy,”
Politico reported.
First Lady Chirlane McCray rules out
run for Brooklyn Borough President
New York City’s First Lady Chirlane McCray announced she won’t be running for Brooklyn
Borough President in 2021. Michael Appleton/Mayor’s Offi ce
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