NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – Outgoing Rep. Max Rose said he will not run to replace Mayor Bill de Blasio in this year’s election.
“After serious consideration, I will not be running for Mayor of New York,” Rose said in a statement Sunday.
“I urge every candidate to recognize that across the five boroughs no one believes that City Hall is on the side of the working class,” Rose said. “People are scared and unsure if the New York they love will still exist in the years to come. The next mayor can’t just balance the budget, he or she must build a social contract that leaves no one behind. New York City can set the governing example for the rest of the world.”
Rose, 34, called representing the 11th Congressional District in Staten Island and Brooklyn an “incredible honor and privilege.”
“While I won’t be a candidate for mayor this cycle, I am not going anywhere in the fight to make our city and country live up to their promise,” he said.
Rose lost his seat to Republican Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis when he ran for reelection in November. He had submitted paperwork to the city’s Campaign Finance Board after the loss, according to the New York Post.
Had the Democratic congressman launched a mayoral campaign, he would have joined a crowded field that includes Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, former de Blasio aide Maya Wiley and former Department of Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia, among others.