This is The Sprint for City Hall, a limited-run series on the critical race for mayor of New York City.

Good afternoon, New York City.

The mayor’s race unfolding here has captured presidential and international attention. It has exhilarated, enraged and exhausted New Yorkers. And now, the election on Nov. 4 is officially five weeks away.

For the homestretch, we are reviving The Sprint for City Hall, a limited-run newsletter series on this crucial race. I’m delighted to be your new host.

If we haven’t met yet — hi! I’m Katie Glueck. Usually I’m a national political reporter for The Times, covering the Democratic Party and its halting efforts to rebuild.

But I also love New York City politics. I helped lead our coverage of the 2021 mayoral election, and long before that I wrote about Anthony Weiner’s ill-fated but memorable 2013 mayoral bid. New York City politics, never boring.