The 2013 New York City Public Advocate election was held on November 5, 2013, along with elections for the Mayor, Comptroller, Borough Presidents, and members of the New York City Council.
 Incumbent Democratic Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, serving his first term, ran for Mayor of New York City rather than seek re-election.
The Mayor of New York City is the chief executive of New York City's government, as stipulated by New York City's charter.
 The current mayor, the 109th in the sequence of regular mayors, is Bill de Blasio, a Democrat.
Tom Finkelpearl is an American arts promoter and former museum director who serves as commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
 He was appointed in 2014 by New York City mayor Bill de Blasio.
 As commissioner, he oversees city funding of nonprofit arts organizations, and is leading an effort to promote cultural diversity in arts programs citywide.
 His department is in charge of a $156 million budget.
 His approach to arts has been described as populist and he sees art and artists as making a valuable contribution to the overall economic health of the city.
 In the aftermath of hurricane Hurricane Sandy, he launched an initiative called "CultureAID" to "formalize the essential role artists and arts organizations played in relief efforts".
 He is working with city authorities on efforts to provide affordable housing for artists living in the city.
 He said "every corner of this city needs to have art."
 He introduced a program to offer free access to member institutions using a municipal identification card.
 Finkelpearl served for 12 years as director of the Queens Museum from 2002 to 2014.
 While serving as director, he hired community organizers to emphasize the diversity of the immigrant population.
 He presided over the museum's $68 million renovation effort.
 He doubled the size of the Queens Museum and saw its budget grow from $2.3 million to $4.9 million.
 He served under mayor David Dinkins and Rudy Giuliani by running the city's "Percent for Art" program.
 He graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts in 1974, from Princeton University in 1979 and from Hunter College (MFA) in 1983.
Carmen Fariña (née Guillén; born April 5, 1943, Brooklyn, New York) is the current New York City Schools Chancellor, the head of the New York City Department of Education.
 The announcement of her selection by Mayor Elect Bill de Blasio occurred on December 30, 2013.
 She is the first New York City Schools Chancellor to have had schools supervision training and experience since Board of Education chancellor Rudy Crew.
 Fariña was a teacher, principal, superintendent, and the Deputy Chancellor of Teaching and Learning from 2004 to 2006.
Bill de Blasio ( ; born Warren Wilhelm Jr.; May 8, 1961) is an American politician who is the 109th and current mayor of New York City.
 From 2010 to 2013, he was New York City's public advocate.
 He formerly was a New York City Council member, representing the 39th district in Brooklyn, which contains Borough Park, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Gowanus, Kensington, Park Slope, and Windsor Terrace.
 De Blasio, the Democratic Party nominee for mayor of New York City in the 2013 election, defeated Republican Joe Lhota with more than 73 percent of the vote.
 De Blasio is the first Democratic mayor of the city since David Dinkins, from 1990 to 1993.
David Norman Dinkins (born July 10, 1927) is an American politician, lawyer, and author who served as the 106th Mayor of New York City, from 1990 to 1993.
 He was the first and to date, the only African American to hold that office.
LinkNYC is the New York City branch of an international infrastructure project to create a network covering several cities with free Wi-Fi service.
 The office of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the plan on November 17, 2014, and the installation of the first kiosks, or "Links," started in late 2015.
 The Links replace the city's network of 9,000 to 13,000 payphones, a contract for which expired in October 2014.
 The LinkNYC kiosks were devised after the government of New York City held several competitions to "reinvent" the payphone system.
 The most recent competition, in 2014, resulted in the contract being awarded to the CityBridge consortium, which comprises Qualcomm; Titan and Control Group, which now make up Intersection.com; and Comark.
Vision Zero is a program created by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2014.
 Its purpose is to reduce by 50% the number traffic fatalities by 2025.
 On January 15, 2014, Mayor de Blasio announced the launch of Vision Zero in New York City, based on a similar program of the same name that was implemented in Sweden.
 The original Swedish theory hypothesizes that pedestrian deaths are not as much "accidents" as they are a failure of street design.
The election of the New York City Public Advocate took place on Tuesday, November 3, 2009, along with elections for the mayor, the city comptroller, borough presidents, and members of the New York City Council.
 The Democratic candidate, Bill de Blasio, won election with 77% of the vote against 18% for the Republican nominee, Alex Zablocki, 3.6% for the Conservative nominee, William Lee, and 1.7% for two others.
Chirlane Irene McCray (born November 29, 1954) is an American writer, editor, communications professional, and political figure.
 She has published poetry and worked in politics as a speechwriter.
 Married to current New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, she is the First Lady of New York City.
 They have two children, Chiara and Dante.
 They moved from their home in Park Slope, Brooklyn, into Gracie Mansion, the traditional residence of New York City mayors.

Question: What African American man was the most recent Democratic mayor of New York City before Bill de Blasio?
Answer: David Norman Dinkins