By: Rusty Brooks
A former special ops Marine is the latest mayoral hopeful in NYC for 2021.
Zach Iscol is a 42-year-old combat veteran. He spoke to the NY Post about his bid for mayor and said, “I think that the number one job of mayor is to be accountable to people to make sure those dollars are actually servicing people in their communities.”
Iscol is a Democrat and will join Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, Scott M. Stringer, the city comptroller and Kathryn Garcia, the sanitation commissioner, and longshot Maya D. Wiley, a former top lawyer for Mayor Bill de Blasio , in the Democrat bid for mayor of NYC.
Thus far for the GOP John Catsimatidis, the billionaire supermarket and radio magnate , Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angel and , Sara Tirschwell, a former Wall Street executive who is chief financial officer of Foundation House, are looking to run for 2021
Iscol’s campaign site in up and running and his introduction reads”
Whether talking about how we ensure public safety, collect trash, educate our kids, care for those experiencing homelessness or mental illness, support job creation and small businesses, or fight back against the climate crisis, New York City’s leadership keeps attacking 21st-century problems with a 1950s mentality.
That’s why Zach’s running for mayor.
And as a father and husband, Zach believes we owe our children and families more than a life that weaves from one tragic crisis to the next – and that if we come together as New Yorkers, we will be able to deliver real solutions for our families and our city.
Zach isn’t a career politician, instead he’s a problem-solver that believes you have to roll up your sleeves and show up when people need you. You must listen, find solutions, and most importantly, care about the results.
Iscol told the NY Post : his plan includes recruiting the city’s burgeoning tech community to provide “a world-class online education” to young students and reaching out to the real-estate industry to provide affordable housing in properties left vacant by COVID-19.
He added that he would bolster the city’s struggling eateries by waiving fines except for the most egregious violations, cutting fees and changing capacity regulations.
NY Post reported: The married father of four said he witnessed a lack of leadership from Mayor Bill de Blasio while serving as deputy director of the Javits Medical Center.
