Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar (D) to run for public advocate, dropping bid for comptroller

Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar is dropping her campaign for city comptroller to challenge incumbent Jumaane Williams for the role of New York City public advocate.

Rajkumar, a close ally of Mayor Adams, announced the switch-up five months after going public with her campaign to be the city’s fiscal watchdog,

“Our City is facing a crisis of governance and can no longer afford the out-of-touch agenda of extremists like Jumaane Williams,” Rajkumar said in a statement. “Instead, we need proven fighters who will focus on the issues that all New Yorkers care about.”

The Queens lawmaker often appears alongside Adams’ at press conferences, even earning a shoutout in the mayor’s State of the City speech earlier this month.



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