Team Stringer spokesman Tyrone Stevens said Stringer, who currently serves as city comptroller, is in line to get a total of more than $6.4 million through from the city Campaign Finance Board’s program, bringing his total fundraising to $10.2 million.
Eight candidates for the top elected office in the city grappled with major challenges facing the Big Apple from job loss and school reopenings to an ongoing spike in violent crime.
The crime spree, which began around 4:30 a.m. and left three commuters slashed and another battered, comes six days after a broad-daylight shooting in Times Square rocked the city and the contest for mayor.