Voters on Tuesday took part in the city’s first mayoral election using ranked-choice voting, a system that may delay the declaration of a winner until mid-July.
The New York City Democratic candidates for mayor spent the final hours before polls closed on Tuesday in a frenzied battle for votes, casting the stakes of the contest in sweeping terms and promoting sharply divergent visions for how they would lead New York into its post-pandemic future.
As the first returns trickled in, Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president; Kathryn Garcia, a former sanitation commissioner; Maya Wiley, a former counsel to Mayor Bill DeBlasio; and Andrew Yang, the former presidential candidate, were the leaders in a crowded ballot for mayor. Ms. Garcia and Ms. Wiley are seeking to become the city’s first female mayor.
The mayoral hopefuls spent the last hours of the campaign making nonstop appearances across the city, capping an intensely acrimonious campaign defined by debates over public safety and the economy, political experience and personal ethics.
Now, a new chapter of political uncertainty is beginning.
No Democratic mayoral candidate is expected to reach the threshold needed to win outright under the city’s new ranked-choice voting system, and it may be weeks before a Democratic primary victor — who would become an overwhelming favorite to win the general election in November — is officially declared.
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