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 razorthin
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
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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
Eric Adams. File photo
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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