Eric Adams speaks at a New York City primary mayoral election night party on June 22. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
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COURIER LIFE, JULY 9-15, 2021 3
BY STEPHEN WITT
Brooklyn Borough President
Eric Adams is poised to
become New York City’s 110th
mayor after the city’s Board of
Elections (BOE) released the
bulk of the absentee ballots
that included ranked-choice
voting (RCV) of those ballots
Tuesday night, July 6.
According to the unoffi cial
results of the Democratic mayoral
primary, Adams received
50.5 percent of the vote (403,333
votes), while former Sanitation
Commissioner Kathryn Garcia
fi nished second with 49.5
percent (394,907 votes) — a razor
thin 8,426 vote difference.
According to BOE spokesperson
Valerie Vazquez-Diaz, there
are 942 invalid curable ballots
left to be counted. Curable votes
are ballots that were deemed to
have been fi lled in incorrectly,
though voters will have a chance
to correct their ballot.
Adams releases a statement
Tuesday night expressing
confi dence that the new
results show a path to victory.
“While there are still some
very small amounts of votes
to be counted, the results are
clear: a historic, diverse, fi veborough
coalition led by working
class New Yorkers has
led us to victory in the Democratic
primary for Mayor of
New York City,” Adams said.
“Now we must focus on
winning in November so that
we can deliver on the promise
of this great city for those who
are struggling, who are underserved,
and who are committed
to a safe, fair, affordable
future for all New Yorkers,” he
added.
Though unoffi cial, Tuesday
evening’s results paint the
clearest picture yet in what
has been a nail-biter of an
election, which included a major
error by the BOE and the
institution of RCV, which utilizes
a formula of where voters
could choose up to fi ve candidates
for mayor.
After Election Day on June
22, Adams had secured 30.71
percent of the vote with Civil
Rights Attorney Maya Wiley
coming in second at 21.12 percent
and Garcia close behind
with 20.78 percent.
That lead was narrowed
down considerably on July 1
after the initial rounds of RCV
were factored in. It was then
discovered the BOE accidentally
added about 135,000 votes
to its preliminary RCV calculations
released earlier that
day and promised an accurate
preliminary recount.
Both Garcia and Wiley conceded
Wednesday, July 7.
“This campaign has come
closer than any other moment
in history to breaking
that glass ceiling in selecting
New York City’s fi rst female
mayor,” Garcia said, standing
in front of the Women’s Rights
Pioneer Monument. “We
cracked the hell out of it, and
it’s ready to be broken.”
Wiley, who will effectively
fi nish the race in third, made
her announcement outside of
the Lucerne Hotel.
“This movement is going to
continue beyond today,” said
Wiley. “The mission does not
end with an election. The mission
only ends when it’s accomplished
and this mission
is a movement that has always
been bigger than me.”
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