What you should know
- Polls in all five boroughs opened at 6 a.m. Tuesday and will remain open until 9 p.m. Long delays in declaring a winner, like what was seen after the primaries, are not expected this time.
- The mayor-elect should be declared Tuesday night. It will be the Democratic president of the borough of Brooklyn, Eric Adams, or the Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa.
- The two clashed in two heated debates; Adams has vowed to continue with some current policies and modify others, while Sliwa says he will repeal the city’s vaccination mandate (and ditch his beret) if he wins.
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NEW YORK – New York City voters will elect the city’s next mayor on Tuesday, and must decide between Republican radio host Curtis Sliwa and Democrat Eric Adams, a former Brooklyn police captain. politics.
Adams, the Brooklyn Borough President, is seen as the prohibitive favorite in the race. Democrats outnumber Republicans 7 to 1 in New York City. He spent 22 years in the police department before winning a state Senate seat.
NYC mayoral candidate Eric Adams explains his proposals before the election
Sliwa is best known as the founder of the Guardian Angels. He still wears the signature red crime patrol beret at public events and while campaigning.
Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa talks about the changes he would make if he were mayor of NYC
The next mayor inherits the great challenge of rescuing the city from the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 34,500 New Yorkers and continues to infect hundreds every day.
The winner will replace Mayor Bill de Blasio, who is limited to two terms.
Polls in all five boroughs opened at 6 a.m. Tuesday and will remain open until 9 p.m. Long delays in declaring a winner, such as what was seen after the primaries, are not expected this time, as the formula is much simpler and there should be an elected mayor declared Tuesday night.
The last days of the campaign occurred when De Blasio argued with the unions about a mandatory vaccination order for all city employees.
The race is one of many local elections for city and county leaders to be contested across the state on Tuesday. They include a fierce fight in Buffalo that is a rematch between India Walton and the incumbent mayor she beat in the Democratic primary, Byron Brown. Brown refused to resign after his primary loss and has been asking voters to write his name on their ballots.
New York voters are also voting on constitutional amendments that could make voting easier and establish the right to clean air and water. Learn more about statewide ballot questions here.
Here’s a summary of the debate.
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