With weeks to go before early voting begins in the New York City primary, NY1 is sitting down with candidates running in the Democratic primary for public advocate—the citywide position next in line to the mayor if the current officeholder cannot serve out their term.

On Tuesday, current Public Advocate Jumaane made his case for reelection on “Mornings On 1.” He is facing a challenge from Queens Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar.

“I’m proud of the work that we’ve been doing,” he said, noting that he has advocated for other cities to create the office.

Williams said he has tried to bring legislative success and public advocacy to the role.

“We’ve actually passed more pieces of legislation than all the previous public advocates combined,” he said. “And that was important to me because we wa

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