Eli Meir Kaplan

Shaun Donovan, former secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) during the Obama administration, has formally announced that he is running for mayor of New York City.

Before leading HUD, Donovan was head of the city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development.

It was known that Donovan was eyeing a run at the mayor's post, but he made the news official Tuesday.

Click on the link below to read the Spectrum News NY 1 report.

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