When the city pushed ahead with a controversial rezoning plan for East Harlem in 2017, the de Blasio administration made a promise: to find a permanent home for the people, equipment and trucks that handle the neighborhood’s trash. The neighborhood’s sanitation garage at 343 E. 99th St. and First Avenue has been partially unusable since […]
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Did Ranked Choice Voting Work in NYC? It Depends Whom You Ask…
Under the new ranked choice voting system, New Yorkers got to cast ballots for their top five choices for mayor and other municipal offices in last month’s primary. When it came to whether the new system worked, supporters and critics Monday were offering what amounted to straight yes-or-no verdicts. Preliminary findings strongly suggest most New […]
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How Garcia, Wiley and Morales Gave Their Male Mayoral Rivals a Run for Their Money
Mayoral candidate Eric Adams notched another $1.3 million in taxpayer-footed public matching funds Thursday — but the latest campaign finance numbers show how his top female primary rivals gave him a run for his money. The five men among the top eight Democratic candidates outpaced the women in garnering the support of super PACs — […]
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Showing Up: Map of Mayoral Candidates’ Campaign Stops Highlights Value of Being There
Follow the leading four Democratic mayoral candidates as they vied for votes across the city — and see how their stumping paid off.
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Garcia and Wiley Concede Democratic Mayoral Contest, Locking Adams’ Path to City Hall
Kathryn Garcia, who came within 8,400 votes of making history, stepped aside along with third-place finisher Maya Wiley. Meanwhile, Eric Adams took a victory lap, trumpeting his win as “an everyday blue-collar worker.”
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Your Guide to the Latest NYC Primary Results — From Mayor to City Council
The voting is over. The counting is getting there. First, the city Board of Elections released the initial in-person, first-place votes after polls closed on June 22. Then, on June 29, the BOE was supposed to issue the preliminary ranked-choice results based on those votes cast during early and Primary Day voting — but withdrew […]
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Adams Declares Victory Over Garcia in Mayoral Primary That Went Down to the Wire
The Brooklyn borough president emerged one percentage point ahead of the former Sanitation Department commissioner, leading The Associated Press to call the race for him. But Garcia didn’t immediately concede in her bid to become the first woman to lead New York City.
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Garcia Closes in on Adams After Preliminary Mayoral Count Re-Do — But Race is Far from Over
A day after the Board of Elections bungled its initial ranked choice voting tabulations, new numbers showed Eric Adams leading Kathryn Garcia by about 15,000 votes. But 125,000 uncounted absentee ballots could make the difference — and even keep Maya Wiley in the game.
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BOE Promises Do-Over After Pulling Preliminary Mayoral Results Over Vote ‘Discrepancy’
The Board of Elections withdrew the first ranked choice voting tabulation of the crucial primary contest after more than 140,000 extra ballots invaded the count. The now discredited results showed Kathryn Garcia getting closer to Eric Adams with 124,000 absentee votes yet to be tallied.
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Andrew Yang Launches Absentee Ballot Lawsuit, Heralding More Legal Action
Andrew Yang’s supposedly defunct mayoral campaign served competitors papers in a preemptive lawsuit filed ahead of the city’s counting of ranked choice votes — charging on even after conceding the race Tuesday. The move came as a Staten Island City Council candidate launched a similar lawsuit in another crowded race — heralding a potential onslaught […]