Ryder Kessler

Ryder Kessler is a community leader and gay man who has spent his life in Lower Manhattan. Working on Democratic campaigns and as a nonprofit leader, he's spent his career fighting to expand opportunity, protect democracy, and serve the city. When his parents moved to the neighborhood, his father was a cab driver and his mother was an artist. Now, the places he played as a kid are at risk of becoming a playground for the ultra-rich. Ryder is running to protect the best of New York—and make it accessible to all.