Nov 02 Democrat Eric Adams elected New York City mayor By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press Adams is the Brooklyn borough president and a former New York City police captain. He will become the city's second Black mayor and must steer the damaged metropolis through its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading
Jul 07 Watch 7:11 Eric Adams on NYC’s mayoral race, public safety, economy and COVID plan Tuesday night, two weeks after polls closed in New York City, Brooklyn borough president and former police captain Eric Adams was declared the winner of the Democratic primary, making him heavily favored to become the city's next mayor. Adams joins… Continue watching
Jul 07 ‘I know how to lead,’ says NYC mayoral primary winner Eric Adams By Karen Matthews, Associated Press Eric Adams, the winner of the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City, vowed Wednesday to guide the city to a new era of safety and prosperity. Continue reading
Jul 06 Eric Adams wins Democratic primary in New York City’s mayoral race By Karen Matthews, Associated Press Adams triumphed over a large field in New York's first major race to use ranked choice voting including former city sanitation commissioner Kathryn Garcia, civil rights lawyer Maya Wiley and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang. Continue reading
Jun 30 Error disrupts vote count in NYC mayoral primary By Karen Matthews, Deepti Hajela, Associated Press New York City's Board of Elections withdrew data Tuesday evening that it had released earlier purporting to be a first round of results from the city's new ranked choice voting system. That data had shown Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams… Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch 6:34 In the Big Apple, a crowded mayoral race to save a city ‘gone to hell’ By Hari Sreenivasan Primary voting is underway for the next mayor of New York City. The winner will be tasked with a long list of challenges: reviving the city's economy, curbing rising rates of violent crime and police reform. Filling the needs of… Continue watching