Staff Reporter : New Yorkers are going to get a black mayor in this year’s city election in New York, USA. New Yorkers will get a black mayor for about 28 years. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is leading the mayoral race for the first time in a Democratic primary. Although the announcement of the winning candidate may be delayed until mid-July, the new system is leading in the primary as the first choice of voters, but the lack of the required number to win has led to systemic uncertainty.
Voting was completed on Tuesday, July 22. Eric Adams was voted the first choice by 31.6 percent of the electorate, with 80 percent of the vote cast at the end of the day. Another candidate, Maya Wiley, who was an adviser to current city mayor Bill de Blasio, received 22.3 percent of the vote as the second-choice candidate. Former Sanitation Commissioner Katherine Garcia is in third place with 19.7 percent of the vote. One of the two can make history by becoming the city’s first female mayor. Former presidential candidate Andrew Young is in fourth place with fewer votes.
Eric Adams is ahead of Manhattan in all four of City’s five boroughs. Garcia has confirmed quite a solid position in Manhattan. But since it seems almost impossible for Adams to secure more than 50 percent of the electorate as his first choice, according to Ranked Choice Voting, he is less likely to win if he is ahead. According to the new voting system, voters can vote for 5 candidates in the order of their choice and in this case ‘Absentee Ballot’ will also be counted. It may take until mid-July to announce the winner of the Democratic primary, and the winning candidate will run for mayor in November. “I’m going to be your mayor,” Eric Adam told his supporters Tuesday night after the vote. We have come a long way tonight. I want you to be strong in your confidence. Together we will bring the city back to its former position.
As a city we are going to turn our sorrows into determination. Our city is going to be safe, affordable and beautiful. ”
Eric Adams received 253,234 votes, Maya Wiley 177,722 votes, Catherine Garcia 155,812 votes and Andrew Young 93,291 votes. Adams received 36 percent of the vote in Brooklyn Borough, 33 percent in Queens, 46 percent in the Bronx, 31 percent in Staten Island and 19 percent in Manhattan. As City Controller, Brad Lander received 31 percent of the vote as the first choice of voters and Corey Johnson received 23 percent as the second choice of voters. The position of Public Advocate received 71 percent of the vote, and his closest rival, Anthony Herbert, received 21 percent of the vote. Borough President Donovan Richards, who was elected in a special election in 2020, is running for re-election as Queens Borough President in the primary held for the presidency among the five boroughs of the city. His strongest rival is Elizabeth Crowley. There is a fierce rivalry between the two. In Brooklyn, Antonio Rason is far ahead as the first choice of borough presidential voters. Vanessa Gibson is the first choice of voters for the borough presidency in the Bronx, and former congressman Vito Fossella is ahead in the Staten Island borough.
Maya Wiley, the second choice of voters for the post of mayor, said, “The contest is not over yet. I don’t know what voters did today; We don’t know anyone. Because the vote is still being counted. Every vote will be counted. ” During the election campaign, Willie repeatedly challenged his arch-rival, Eric Adams, especially on the city’s policing system. He has taken a strong stand on social security.
Judge Jeffrey, the city’s largest union and congressman, has always supported him.
In addition to voting for mayor on Tuesday, New York City voters voted for a number of other important positions in the Democratic primary, including city comptroller, public advocate, borough president, Manhattan district attorney, and several positions for city council member. But most important is the position of mayor of New York City, the most populous and most important state in the United States and the world’s economic capital. Who is going to replace the current mayor Bill de Blasio is the most important thing for everyone. How to deal with the problems and challenges that have already plagued the city due to the Corona epidemic in particular, how to bring it back to the way it was a year and a half ago, and how to control the signs of rising crime in the city. And important to the townspeople. Everyone wants a worthy person to take charge of the city.
The mayoral candidates have spoken out over the past few months about what they want to do in New York City’s development, including security, affordable housing, public transportation, public school quality and curriculum reform, and economic development. The Democratic primary, which will be declared the winner of the mayoral race, will have to contest next November, the establishment of the Guardian Angels, the Republican mayoral candidate.
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