The Associated Press calls the Democratic mayoral primary for Eric Adams

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: New York Times



Eric Adams won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City on Tuesday night after he continued to hold onto a thin lead in a new tally of votes that included absentee ballots, according to The Associated Press. The news service called the race for Mr. Adams after results from the city’s Board of Elections showed that he held a lead of one percentage point over his nearest rival, Kathryn Garcia.

With most absentee votes now counted, Mr. Adams led Ms. Garcia by 8,426 votes in the city’s first mayoral contest to be determined by ranked-choice voting. The results have not been finalized, and there are still a few thousand ballots to count — but with 118,000 absentee votes now accounted for, Mr. Adams had bested Ms. Garcia by a margin that makes it highly unlikely she can close the gap. As the Democratic nominee. Mr. Adams will be the overwhelming favorite to win in November against the Republican nominee, Curtis Sliwa.

Maya Wiley, who emerged late in the primary as a left-wing standard-bearer, ended up in third place in the tally released on Tuesday. She had come in second place in the initial count of in-person ballots cast on Primary Day and during the early vote period, with Ms. Garcia behind her in third. But Ms. Garcia overcame a double-digit deficit to overtake Ms. Wiley and to nearly catch Mr. Adams as the ranked-choice voting process played out and absentee ballots were counted.

It was a remarkable development for Ms. Garcia, a candidate who until recently was little-known and who lacked the institutional support and the political operation that helped propel Mr. Adams, a veteran city politician. As of Tuesday night, though, Ms. Garcia had still fallen short of overtaking Mr. Adams, who has maintained a lead since Primary Day, fueled by his strength among working-class voters in Black and Latino neighborhoods and aided by significant support from labor unions. Under the city’s new ranked-choice voting system, voters could rank up to five candidates on their ballots in preferential order.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/07/06/nyregion/nyc-mayor-race/the-associated-press-calls-the-democratic-mayoral-primary-for-eric-adams

[George II]

1. ABC News just put out a release calling Adams the winner. I hope the NYC Board of Elections....

....learned from this experience. This was a nightmare. I don't think RCV works with a dozen or more candidates.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Well whoever won

would surely be able to kick the worn-out has-been Curtis Sliwa's behind.

[George II]

3. When I read that Sliwa was the republican candidate I almost fell over. He's the best they have?

[BumRushDaShow]

4. I used to listen to his show years ago on WABC

including when his now-ex wife Lisa was co-hosting with him and when he was sharing the mic with Ron Kuby. I guess they figured there was some local name recognition there to go with some stale "Gotham City-like crime fighter" agenda.

After having 12 years of Bloomberg and now the huge taint of Ghouliani's fall off a high cliff, taking what his party represents with him, there probably wasn't any appetite for "legit" GOPers to even try...

[George II]

6. I was still living in NYC when his Guardian Angels hit the news. Most ridiculous, and dangerous....

....thing I saw in a long time. Was surprised to see him still "prominent" in the news. This could be a bizarre campaign.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. There were chapters all over the place

and they used to ride the subways and patrol the subway stations (including here). Only reason why he is still "in the news" is because he still has a talk show, so that keeps his name out there. If you can have former talk hosts like Mike Pence win top tier elections then...

[George II]

10. I spent seven years taking the subway to HS and college (7 blocks apart), 90 mins each way..

Thankfully it was five or six years before their time so I never ran into them.

[Javaman]

13. I used to see them all the time back in the late 70's and early 80's

just thugs with better PR.

[electric_blue68]

15. I listened to them from to time for Kuby.

[electric_blue68]

16. Baaaahahahaaaa!...

[aeromanKC]

5. Disagree

It worked great after their initial fiasco of putting in the practice votes with the first count. That was a one off mistake. Great idea to save money and time not having to deal with runoff's. Plus voters only have to vote once. (Sucks that Adams won though)

[Budi]

7. Adams or Garcia would do NYC justice! Nice to see NYC Stay True Blue

Thank you to the ever wise voters of NYC


💙

[George II]

17. If anyone is concerned about the various endorsements for the Democratic candidates....

...(although it's moot at this point since Adams is the nominee), they can look here:

https://www.cityandstateny.com/articles/politics/campaigns-elections/endorsements-nyc-mayoral-candidates.html

The bottom line is the most important endorsements are those of the Democratic voters of New York City!

Here are Adams' endorsements:

Eric Adams, Brooklyn borough president

Labor: 32BJ SEIU, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181, Amalgamated Transit Union 726-Staten Island, Amalgamated Transit Union 1056-Flushing, and Amalgamated Transit Union 1179-Queens, The Bridge and Tunnel Officers Benevolent Association, Civil Service Employees Association, District Council 37, Home Healthcare Workers of America, Laundry, Distribution & Food Service Joint Board (as its No. 2 selection in ranked-choice voting), New York City District Council of Carpenters, New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, New York State Court Officers Association, New York State Public Employees Federation, New York State Nurses Association (as its No. 2 selection in ranked-choice voting), Queens Jewish Alliance for Action (as its No. 3 selection in ranked-choice voting), Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 153, Transport Workers Union Local 100, Uniformed EMS Officers Union Local 3621, Uniformed EMTs, Paramedics & Fire Inspectors FDNY Local 2507, Uniformed Fire Officers Association, Unite Here Local 100

Organizations: Black Leadership Action Coalition (as its No. 1 selection in ranked-choice voting), Bronx Democratic Party, The Chief-Leader (as its No. 2 selection in ranked-choice voting), Citizens Union (as its No. 2 selection in ranked-choice voting), El Especialito, Far Rockaway Jewish Alliance, Flatbush Jewish Community Coalition, Friends of Chinese Americans, Grand Council of Guardians, the Irish Echo, Italian American Political Action Committee, the Jewish Press, the Jewish Voice, the Daily News (as its No. 2 selection in ranked-choice voting), the New York Post, Our Time Press, Martin Luther King Jr. Democratic Club, National Latino Peace Officers Association NY Chapter, New York Real Estate Chamber, PLACE NYC, PRIDE Democrats, the Queens Chronicle, the Queens Ledger, Rise Up New York, Sephardic Community Federation (as its No. 1 selection in ranked-choice voting), Unified Political Association, United Crown Heights, Vanguard Independent Democratic Association, Village Reform Democratic Club, Vulcan Society

Public figures: Reps. Adriano Espaillat, Hakeem Jeffries (as his No. 2 selection in ranked-choice voting), Gregory Meeks (as his No. 2 selection in ranked-choice voting), Ritchie Torres (as his No. 2 selection in ranked-choice voting) and Thomas Suozzi; Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Queens Borough President Donovan Richards; state Sens. Joseph Addabbo Jr., Jamaal Bailey, Andrew Gounardes, James Sanders Jr., Roxanne Persaud and Diane Savino; Assembly Members Peter Abbate, Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, Carmen De La Rosa, Inez Dickens, Erik Dilan, Charles Fall (co-endorsement with Shaun Donovan), Alicia Hyndman, Stacey Pheffer Amato, Jenifer Rajkumar, José Rivera, Clyde Vanel and Jaime Williams; New York City Council Members Adrienne Adams, Alicka Ampry-Samuel, Diana Ayala, Justin Brannan, Selvena Brooks-Powers, Laurie Cumbo, Darma Diaz, Oswald Feliz, Karen Koslowitz, Peter Koo, Farah Louis, Alan Maisel, I. Daneek Miller, Francisco Moya, Kevin Riley, Ydanis Rodriguez, Deborah Rose and Rafael Salamanca Jr.; former Reps. Charlie Rangel and Ed Towns; former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer; former Assembly Members Karim Camara and Aurelia Greene; activist Normal Siegel; New York Knicks player Taj Gibson; former New York Mets pitcher Dwight “Doc” Gooden

Here are Garcia's endorsements:

Kathryn Garcia, former New York City sanitation commissioner

Labor: Teamsters Local 831, Teamsters Local 813, SEIU Local 246, SEIU Local 444 – Sanitation Officers Association, and the Uniformed Sanitation Chiefs Association

Organizations: American Pakistani Advocacy Group, The Chief-Leader (as its No. 1 selection in ranked-choice voting), Citizens Union, Crain’s New York Business, Flatbush Jewish Community Coalition (as its No. 3 selection in ranked-choice voting), Four Freedoms Democratic Club, Grand Street Democrats (as its No. 1 selection in ranked-choice voting), National Institute for Reproductive Health Action Fund (co-endorsement with Maya Wiley), the National Organization for Women (as its No. 2 selection in ranked-choice voting), the Daily News (as its No. 1 selection in ranked-choice voting), New York League of Conservation Voters, The New York Times, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Votes PAC (as its No. 1 selection in ranked-choice voting), Queens Jewish Alliance for Action (as its No. 2 selection in ranked-choice voting), The Red Hook Star-Revue (co-endorsement with Paperboy Prince), Resilience PAC (as its No. 2 co-selection in ranked-choice voting), StreetsPAC, #VoteProChoice (as its No. 3 selection in ranked-choice voting)

Public figures: Reps. Grace Meng (as her No. 2 selection in ranked-choice voting) and Nydia Velázquez (as her No. 2 selection in ranked-choice voting), state Sens. Joe Addabbo (as his No. 2 selection in ranked-choice voting), Diane Savino (as her No. 2 selection in ranked-choice voting) and Liz Krueger; Assembly Members Robert Carroll, Nathalia Fernández (as her No. 2 selection in ranked-choice voting), Catherine Nolan, Daniel O’Donnell, Stacey Pheffer Amato (as her No. 2 selection in ranked-choice voting), Daniel Rosenthal (as his No. 2 selection in ranked-choice voting) and Nily Rozic; former Council Member Costa Constantinides (as his No. 2 selection in ranked-choice voting); former mayoral candidate Loree Sutton, activist

Here are Wiley's endorsements:

Maya Wiley, former counsel to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio

Labor: 1199SEIU, New York State Nurses Association (as its No. 1 selection in ranked-choice voting)

Organizations: 504 Democratic Club, Alliance for Quality Education, American Pakistani Public Affairs Committee, Amplify Her, Amsterdam News, CAAAV, Coalition for a District Alternative (as its No. 2 selection in ranked-choice voting), Community Voices Heard Power (as its No. 1 selection in ranked-choice voting), Democracy for America, DRUM Beats, Emily’s List, Empire State Indivisible, Freelancers Union (co-endorsement with Andrew Yang), Higher Heights for America PAC (as its No. 1 selection in ranked-choice voting), In the Fight North Brooklyn, Indivisible Harlem, Indivisible Nation BK, The Jewish Vote, Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, League of Independent Theater (as its No. 3 selection in ranked-choice voting), Lesbian and Gay Democratic Club of Queens, Make the Road Action, Muslim Democratic Club of New York, National Institute for Reproductive Health Action Fund (co-endorsement with Kathryn Garcia), National Organization for Women (as its No. 1 selection in ranked-choice voting), New York Communities for Change, New York Progressive Action Network, NYC Kids PAC (as its No. 1 selection in ranked-choice voting), Our Revolution, People for the American Way, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Votes PAC (as its No. 3 selection in ranked-choice voting), Progressive Women of New York, Resilience PAC (as its No. 1 selection in ranked-choice voting), Tenants PAC (co-endorsement with Dianne Morales), Village Independent Democrats, VOCAL-NY Action Fund, #VoteProChoice (as its No. 2 selection in ranked-choice voting), Voters for Animal Rights, WE ACT 4 Change, Working Families Party

Public figures: New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Reps. Jamaal Bowman, Yvette Clarke, Adriano Espaillat (as his No. 2 selection in ranked-choice voting), Hakeem Jeffries, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nydia Velázquez; U.S. Rep. Katie Porter of California; state Sens. Michael Gianaris, Gustavo Rivera and Julia Salazar; Assembly Members Khaleel Anderson, Jeffrion Aubry, Maritza Davila, Harvey Epstein, Nathalia Fernández, Emily Gallagher, Deborah Glick, Andrew Hevesi and Latoya Joyner and Marcela Mitaynes; former Assembly Member Michael Blake; New York City Council Members Daniel Dromm, Stephen Levin and Helen Rosenthal; former New York City Public Advocate Mark Green; former City Council Member James Vacca; former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro; actors Tichina Arnold, Yvette Nicole Brown, Chris Evans, Jonathan Frakes, Kathy Griffin, Rosie O’Donnell, Patton Oswalt, Alyssa Milano and Gabrielle Union; activists Gloria Steinem and Zephyr Teachout (as her No. 2 selection in ranked-choice voting)

[Budi]

18. WOW! Look at all those endorsements for the top 3.

NYC Voters took it serious & have spoken.

Well done all.

#💙NYC

[Cha]

19. TY for all those great endorsements for

Adams!

[oldsoftie]

9. Adams is the best choice for the City.

[Mike Nelson]

11. Well...

... I am not a New Yorker, but I liked Maya a lot... still, I say Congratulations, Eric!

[Polybius]

14. Thank God!

I love that a former police captain is running for Mayor. Let them dare try to paint him as anti-cop.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

20. AOC influence in question after Eric Adams defeats her picks for NYC mayor

There is a big difference between running in a solid blue district and running in a more competitive race

Link to tweet

The victory by Eric Adams, a former police captain, in New York City's Democratic primary for mayor could be an indicator that the congresswoman’s sway – in her own city – is exaggerated. Fox News reached out to Ocasio-Cortez's office about whether the results of the mayoral race could impact any future Senate plans but they did not immediately respond.

In the first round of voting in the primary, Ocasio-Cortez endorsed progressive candidate Maya Wiley and ranked Scott Stringer as her second choice. Neither candidate even advanced to the final round, where Adams faced off against Kathryn Garcia in a close contest.

While Ocasio-Cortez remains wildly popular in her district, the mayoral race indicates that her influence may not extend far beyond that. Her congressional district is located in areas of the Bronx and Queens. According to a map of unofficial results from the first round of voting published by Gothamist, the Bronx overwhelmingly supported Adams, and while Wiley fared better in Queens her support was largely limited to the western part of the borough while the rest was mainly split among Adams, Garcia and Andrew Yang.

It remains to be seen whether the failure to draw voters to her progressive cause in her own boroughs – let alone New York City as a whole – could impact Ocasio-Cortez's decision on where her career could take her next

[SouthBayDem]

21. NYT profile of Adams

Eric Adams, Once a Political Outsider, Conquers the Inside Game

By Katie Glueck, Dana Rubinstein and Jeffery C. Mays
July 7, 2021

The morning after winning the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York City, Eric L. Adams on Wednesday asserted that he had won a mandate to address the urgent struggles of America’s urban working class.

As he appeared at a parade celebrating essential workers and toured morning television news shows, Mr. Adams, a former police captain who would be the city’s second Black mayor, sought to cement his image as a man who understands what it is to fear both gun violence and police misconduct. It was one thing to theorize about solving problems of injustice and inequality, he suggested. It was another to experience them as a working-class person of color in New York.

“Finally one of your own is going to understand,” Mr. Adams said to a throng of health care workers at a parade.

If Mr. Adams sounded, in that moment, like a political outsider, it is because for many years, he was more iconoclast than institutionalist.

Adams is not the first cop to enter NYC politics. Mario Biaggi served in the NYPD from 1942-65 before representing The Bronx in Congress from 1969-88; he resigned after being convicted of corruption. He was succeeded in Congress by Eliot Engel and most recently Jamaal Bowman.

[BumRushDaShow]

22. Well one of the things too

is that like David Dinkins, Adams was also a Borough President (Dinkins was President of Manhattan Borough and Adams of Brooklyn Borough), so that automatically provides name recognition given each of the NYC Boroughs are literally "big city" sized (in the hundreds of thousands of residents for Staten Island, and in the millions of residents for each of the other 4 Boroughs), so it's already almost like a mayor/administrator.