Kathryn Garcia Doesnât Want to Be Anyoneâs No. 2
Ms. Garcia, a former sanitation commissioner, was regarded as New York Cityâs problem solver. Now she faces her own challenge: persuading voters to elect a newcomer to politics.
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Kathryn Garcia, the former sanitation commissioner, is seeking to become the first woman to be elected mayor of New York City.Credit.Hilary Swift for The New York Times
The New York City
June 7, 2021
Even for a New York City mayoral candidate who seemed like a long shot, the event early last month had a desperate quality to it.
Kathryn Garcia, a former sanitation commissioner, had agreed to a âpie-offâ charity appearance with Paperboy Love Prince, an artist also running for mayor. Before they threw pies in each otherâs faces, they had a dance-off, and she joked on Twitter that she would soon be âhaving a word with my staff.â
Many of New York City’s most outwardly gay-friendly parishes are concentrated in Manhattan, a center of both gay culture and efforts to build a gay-friendly Catholicism.