Jenifer Rajkumar, NY Assemblywoman, Announces NYC Comptroller Run

NEW YORK CITY — Jenifer Rajkumar, a Queens Democratic Assembly member, has officially announced she is running for city comptroller next year.

Rajkumar made the announcement on a video posted to her campaign website.

Rajkumar will look to replace current city Comptroller Brad Lander, who recently announced his bid to run for New York City mayor next year.

I’m in it for the New Yorkers who toil 25 hours a day, eight days a week, and can’t afford life-saving health care or quality education,” Rajkumar states in the video.

"Government inefficiency costs lives.”

Rajkumar said as comptroller, she will use her experience to make sure the city "is affordable for everyone."

On her campaign website, Rajkumar mentions she has passed nationally recognized legislation securing full human rights protections for domestic workers, making Diwali a school holiday in New York after a 30-year fight, and allowing for the closure of over 36,000 illegal smoke shops across the State through the passage of her originally authored SMOKEOUT Act.

An ally to Mayor Adams, Rajkumar can be seen at numerous press conferences involving the mayor throughout the city.