39th Commissioner of the New York City Sanitation Department
In office April 1, 2014 – September 18, 2020
Mayor
Bill de Blasio
Preceded by
John Doherty
Succeeded by
Edward Grayson
Personal details
Born
Kathryn A. McIver
(1970-03-03) March 3, 1970 (age 54) New York City, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Jerry Garcia (divorced)
Children
2
Education
University of Wisconsin–Madison (BA)
Kathryn A. Garcia (née McIver; born March 3, 1970) is an American public official serving as Director of State Operations for the state of New York. She served as commissioner for the New York City Sanitation Department from 2014 to 2020[1] and was a candidate in the 2021 New York City Democratic mayoral primary, losing by 0.8 percentage points to Eric Adams.[2][3]
Garcia also previously served as interim chair and CEO of the New York City Housing Authority[4] and was appointed "food czar" for New York's emergency food program during the COVID-19 emergency response.[5]
^John, Caroline (September 9, 2020). "NYC Sanitation Chief, Kathryn Garcia Steps Down, Considers Running for Mayor". Archived from the original on January 13, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
^"Up Close: Sanitation Commissioner talks run for New York City mayor". ABC7 New York. September 6, 2020. Archived from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
^Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Ferré-Sadurní, Luis (February 6, 2019). "De Blasio's Unexpected Pick to Run Nycha: His Sanitation Chief". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 21, 2021. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
^Allen, Bob (April 7, 2020). "NYC Food Czar Kathryn Garcia is Overseeing a Massive Supply Chain and Feeding the Hungry". Civil Eats. Archived from the original on February 5, 2021. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
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Borough President Eric Adams defeated 12 other candidates, including KathrynGarcia, Maya Wiley and Andrew Yang. Adams went on to defeat Republican Curtis...
come-from-behind victory, declared the winner of the Democratic primary, ahead of KathrynGarcia, Maya Wiley, Andrew Yang, and others in New York's first major race...
defeated former New York City Department of Sanitation Commissioner KathrynGarcia, 50.4%–49.6%. In the general election, Adams handily defeated Sliwa...
than 600,000 tons of waste material annually. Sanitation Commissioner KathrynGarcia resigned in September 2020 to consider running for mayor of New York...
until after 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on Sunday, February 12. KathrynGarcia, a reporter for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, broke the story at...
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cousin of New York City government official and former mayoral candidate KathrynGarcia. "Clark Gregg". Hollywood.com; retrieved January 13, 2012. "Priestly...
Wiley placed third in the Democratic primary, behind Eric Adams and KathrynGarcia. Wiley is married to Harlan Mandel, CEO of the Media Development Investment...
performed CPR on Kathryn before paramedics arrived and took her to an ambulance. She died two hours later at San Francisco General Hospital. García Zárate was...
announced she was dropping out of the race. She went on to endorse KathrynGarcia. Garcia went on to lose by 0.8 percentage points to Eric Adams for the Democratic...
2018 Filipino romantic comedy-drama film directed by Cathy Garcia-Molina and starring Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla. They were recognized as Phenomenal...
Councilmember from the 44th district (2002–2010) (running for reelection) KathrynGarcia, director of New York state operations (2021–present), former Commissioner...
romantic comedy-drama film directed by Cathy Garcia-Molina, starring Richard Gomez, Sharon Cuneta and Kathryn Bernardo. It was released on November 28, 2018...
victory and was declared the winner of the Democratic primary, ahead of KathrynGarcia, Maya Wiley, Andrew Yang and others in New York's first major race to...
Dianne Morales (1985) – non-profit executive and political candidate KathrynGarcia (1988) – Commissioner of the New York City Sanitation Department and...
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romantic comedy-drama television series directed by Cathy Garcia-Molina and starring Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla. The series was aired on ABS-CBN...
revealed in 2021 that he was now a registered Democrat. He endorsed KathrynGarcia for first preference in the 2021 New York City Democratic mayoral primary...
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