2025 Elections: Who are the Democrats running for NYC public advocate?

In the race for New York City’s public advocate — the city government’s main elected watchdog who serves in a non-voting capacity on the City Council and sits first in the mayoral line of succession — a primary challenge to incumbent Jumaane Williams is heating up ahead of the city’s Democratic primary election on June 24.

Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar, who represents Queens’ 38th district, and Marty Dolan, a retired insurance executive from the Bronx, are challenging Williams, who is running for his second and final four-year term as public advocate.