> Meanwhile, the race to succeed him got something of an official start Tuesday when Comptroller Scott Stringer announced his candidacy. While the announcement was not a surprise, it is noteworthy that Stringer was blunt in criticizing his fellow Democrat. > He is the first to announce among a group of elected officials expected to make a run for City Hall. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson are likely to join, along with Shaun Donovan, former housing commissioner under Mayor Michael Bloomberg and President Barack Obama’s Housing and Urban Development secretary. > Several outsiders are also gearing up, and three women who worked for de Blasio are looking to become New York’s first female mayor. They are Loree Sutton, who retired as the Army’s highest-ranking psychiatrist and the city’s commissioner of veterans’ services; Maya Wiley, former chair of the Civilian Complaint Review Board; and Kathryn Garcia, who announced her resignation as sanitation commissioner Tuesday. She leaves with a blast at de Blasio for reducing the sanitation budget and headcount.