“Eric Adams rode an anti-crime message to a commanding lead in the crowded race to replace outgoing Mayor Bill de Blasio, ousting former presidential contender Andrew Yang and holding off nearly a dozen other Democrats,” Politico reports.
“But under New York’s new ranked-choice voting system, the election now heads into an instant runoff that could last for weeks and keep the Brooklyn borough president from officially claiming his party’s nomination.”
“More than 31% of voters listed Adams as their first choice to be mayor. Attorney Maya Wiley, who won a late surge of support on the left, took 22% of first-place votes, and former sanitation commissioner Kathryn Garcia won 20% of first-place ballots as of midnight.”
The “instant runoff” is anything but instant.
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