In Mayoral Primary, Spending in Support of Adams More Than Combined Total for Garcia and Wiley

In Mayoral Primary, Spending in Support of Adams More Than Combined Total for Garcia and Wiley

New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams attends the “Hometown Heroes” Ticker Tape Parade on July 07, 2021 in New York City. (Shutterstock) By Samar Khurshid, Gotham Gazette Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams claimed victory in the Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday, with 50.5% of ranked-choice votes after almost all absentee votes were counted, […]

Eric Adams Wins Democratic Nomination for Mayor of New York City

Eric Adams Wins Democratic Nomination for Mayor of New York City

Brooklyn Borough President and mayoral candidate Eric Adams holds press availability outside of Brooklyn Borough Hall. – New York, NY – June 24, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Gotham Gazette With nearly every vote counted and the latest unofficial tallies for the June election released on Tuesday, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams took a seemingly insurmountable lead […]

Garcia Closes in on Adams After Preliminary Mayoral Count Re-Do — But Race is Far from Over

A day after the Board of Elections bungled its initial ranked choice voting tabulations, new numbers showed Eric Adams leading Kathryn Garcia by about 15,000 votes. But 125,000 uncounted absentee ballots could make the difference — and even keep Maya Wiley in the game.

Garcia Closes in on Adams After Preliminary Mayoral Count Re-Do — But Race is Far from Over

Brooklyn Borough President and mayoral candidate Eric Adams holds press availability outside of Brooklyn Borough Hall. – New York, NY – June 24, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Josefa Velasquez and Samantha Maldonado, THE CITY Eric Adams’ lead in the crowded mayoral race narrowed Wednesday as an unofficial tabulation of in-person votes cast put Kathryn Garcia within […]

Confusion Takes Hold in NYC Democratic Mayoral Primary as Officials Acknowledge Error

The Board of Elections said Tuesday night that “test” ballots were included in the ranked choice voting tally it had released earlier.

Confusion Takes Hold in NYC Democratic Mayoral Primary as Officials Acknowledge Error

Mayoral candidate Eric Adams arrives for debate at NBC Studios at Rockefeller Center. He greets supporters gathering outside to appreciate their support. – New York, NY – June 16, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Dartunorro Clark, NBC News A Board of Elections error in the tabulation of the early results in New York City’s ranked-choice Democratic mayoral […]

Ranked-Choice Voting Won Out — Let’s Not Blow It with Premature Tabulations

Ranked-Choice Voting Won Out — Let’s Not Blow It with Premature Tabulations

By Ryder Kessler, Gotham Gazette After a once-in-a-century pandemic, concerns about rising gun crime, debates about usage of our streets, and perennial conflict over integration of our schools and neighborhoods, the 2021 mayoral primary cycle’s final day centered less on why we were voting than on the mechanics of how we’d be casting our ballots. […]

Adams Ahead in Mayoral Race, but Wiley and Garcia Count on Ranked Choice Tally

The Democratic primary ended in a rush of activity, with Maya Wiley and Kathryn Garcia joining Eric Adams at the initial head of the pack. Now New Yorkers are in for a big wait with absentee ballots needed to begin the full ranked choice voting count.

Adams Ahead in Mayoral Race, but Wiley and Garcia Count on Ranked Choice Tally

Mayoral candidate Eric Adams arrives for debate at CBS Broadcast Center. He greets supporters gathering outside to appreciate their support. – New York, NY – June 10, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Josefa Velasquez and Samantha Maldonado, THE CITY Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams emerged as the early leader in the Democratic mayoral primary Tuesday, gaining more […]

Mayoral Elections 2021 Endorsements

Mayoral Elections 2021 Endorsements

Brooklyn, NY – Caribbean American Weekly polled its readership and the following three candidates secured the highest percentages, named here in alphabetical order: Eric Adams, Kathryn Garcia and Maya Wiley. This year’s election is rank choice voting, and you can select up to 5 candidates. Vote these three candidates accordingly. The issues of concerns for […]

Courting Unions and Latino Voters: 5 Takeaways From the N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race

Eric Adams won three big labor union endorsements, confirming his status as a top contender, and Loree Sutton dropped out of the race.

Courting Unions and Latino Voters: 5 Takeaways From the N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race

Eric Adams Brooklyn Borough President attends launch EAT-Lancet Commission Report on Food, Planet, Health at United Nations Headquarters – New York, NY – February 5, 2019 (Shutterstock) By Emma G. Fitzsimmons, Dana Rubinstein, Andy Newman and Jeffery C. Mays, NY Times Labor leaders are throwing their weight behind Eric Adams in the New York City […]

‘You’re Not Really Trained on How to De-escalate’: Eric Adams on the NYPD and the Protests

‘You’re Not Really Trained on How to De-escalate’: Eric Adams on the NYPD and the Protests

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams distributes PPE to Bed-Stuy EMS volunteers. – Brooklyn, New York/USA April 25, 2020 (Shutterstock) Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president who’s thinking about running for mayor next year, spent 22 years in the NYPD before going into politics, retiring as a captain in 2006. During that time, he founded an […]