Crystal McCrary McGuire By Cori Murray ·June 15, 2021June 15, 2021
Next Tuesday, New York City may have its next Black mayoral nomination. The June 22 Democratic primaries feature four candidates vying to lead the “the greatest city in the world” as its next Black mayor since David Dinkins. Ray McGuire, CitiGroup’s former vice chairman, competes alongside Eric Adams, Maya Wiley and AfroLatina Dianne Morales toaria-label="David Dinkins (opens in a new tab)" href="https://ift.tt/3cK7svs" target="_blank">Dinkins, who lost his re-election in 1993 to Rudolph Giuliani.
Ray McGuire, a Wall Street exec, has been endorsed by entertainment heavyweights such as Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige but it’s the support of his wife Crystal McCrary McGuire that best exemplifies how how he’ll transition from private banker to public servant. The lawyer-turned-Hollywood creative, who directed Little Ballers and executive produced the small screen series Leading Women, outlines why her husband has long advocated for Black and Brown women, how he’s equipped to revive the city’s financial disparities and what programs she’d support as New York City’s First Lady.
Crystal & Ray McGuire | PHOTO COURTESY OF RAY MCGUIRE FOR MAYOR, INC.
Given your background as a director and producer, you’re used to the spotlight. Plus your husband Ray McGuire had a huge job as CitiGroup’s vice chairman. But what was the moment he came home and said, I want to run for mayor of New York City?
CRYSTAL MCCRARY MCGUIRE: When we finally made the decision to do it, it felt like jumping off of a cliff, but we’d been talking about it for probably a couple of years, honestly. Here’s the thing a lot of people don’t know about Ray—because to your point, he has been a private guy. Ray was not even on social media until October 2020 when he announced he was running for mayor. But Ray has been a private public citizen servant for 35, 40 years. That’s something that a lot of people just don’t even know about him. …Thirty-five years ago, he was building schools like De La Salle Academy and George Jackson Academy in New York’s under-resourced communities; he was an investor and supporter in Black women owned businesses—Ray was the first Black investor in
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