The race to replace Bill de Blasio: Who will be New York City's next mayor?

The new mayor will inherit a city reeling from Covid, high unemployment, surging gun violence and an exodus of residents

On New Year's Day 2014, the New York City mayor, Bill de Blasio, entered office promising to end the tale of two cities" with a progressive agenda that he said would address the economic and social inequalities that threaten to unravel the city we love".

But seven years and a global pandemic later, campaigning to decide the Democrat's successor is heating up, and the next mayor looks set to inherit a city where experts say those disparities are not only on the rise, but are in a state of crisis.