Wall Avenue government Ray McGuire, who lately departed Citigroup, introduced his run for New York Metropolis mayor on Wednesday with a video narrated by movie director Spike Lee and music by jazz icon Wynton Marsalis.

“We now have a possibility to rebuild and that begins with who’s main our metropolis,” Lee says within the video, which reveals McGuire operating by way of an empty Instances Sq.. “If we wish to cease an increasing number of jobs and small companies from vanishing, we’d like a person who can assume huge.”

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The video tells the story of McGuire’s rise from being a poor pupil in Ohio to changing into a enterprise chief in New York Metropolis.

“However this subsequent chapter isn’t about me. It is about we,” McGuire says. “Collectively we are able to get New York Metropolis working once more.”

McGuire’s entry to the race comes as Mayor Invoice de Blasio continues to face criticism for his dealing with of the coronavirus, the social unrest earlier within the yr and a brand new measure relating to bail reform.

McGuire left his place as international head of Citibank’s company and funding banking to hunt the workplace.

“Ray McGuire has knowledgeable us that he has determined to go away Citi to discover alternatives that may permit him to pursue his lifelong ardour for public service” stated Citigroup CEO Mike Corbat and Paco Ybarra, CEO of the Institutional Shoppers Group, in a memo obtained by FOX Enterprise in October.

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McGuire, a Democrat, has made contributions to Sen. Kamala Harris’ presidential marketing campaign and thrown in assist for President-elect Joe Biden’s candidacy.

FOX Enterprise’ Sumner Park contributed to this report.

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