The June 22, 2021, primary will be the first New York City election that will use ranked choice voting, a system that will let people rank up to five candidates in order of preference.Ī city ballot measure to adopt ranked choice voting passed in November 2019, but some City Council members are calling for its implementation to be delayed, saying they fear that inadequate voter education about the new system during the coronavirus pandemic will disenfranchise voters of color. 1987, Bachelors in Engineering and 1995, Masters degrees in Architecture and in Public Administration. Former Citigroup executive Ray McGuire, another novice candidate, announced his mayoral run last week. Shaun Donovan, a former housing secretary and budget director under President Barack Obama, filed paperwork on Monday to run for mayor of New York City. Other candidates who have announced they are running to succeed the term-limited Mayor Bill de Blasio include former city sanitation commissioner Kathryn Garcia, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, former de Blasio counsel Maya Wiley and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams. A native New Yorker, he holds an undergraduate degree and two graduate degrees from Harvard University. The 54-year-old Donovan has never run for elective office before.

Donovan was previously commissioner of New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development under then-Mayor Mike Bloomberg.

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