Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams held a slight lead over former Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia on Tuesday, according to preliminary ranked-choice results for the 11th round of New York City’s mayoral race.
June 29 (UPI) — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and former Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia were locked in a tight race in New York City’s mayoral primary, according to preliminary ranked-choice results released Tuesday. The projections released by the New York City Board of elections, which are neither official nor final, showed Adams, a former police captian, maintaining his election night lead with 51.1% of the vote, while Garcia trailed in a close second with 48.9%,15,908 votes shy. Tuesday’s count showed Maya Wiley, a former counsel to outgoing Mayor Bill de Blasio, narrowly missed the final round, earning 29.
