Eric Adams has 1st-choice lead in New York City Democratic mayoral primary

The final results may not be available until July.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams leads in the preliminary count of first-choice in-person New York Democratic mayoral primary votes, with about 30% of that vote. The city’s count offers an incomplete picture of the primary’s outcome. “We know that this is going to be layers. This is the first early voting count,” Adams said. He later added, “But there's something else we know that New York City said, ‘Our first choice is Eric Adams.’” Adams, former Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia, and former counsel to Mayor Bill de Blasio Maya Wiley hold top spots in the pack of 13 Democratic mayoral hopefuls who appeared on the Democratic ballot. Ranked choice votes, which add a layer of unpredictability to the race, have yet to be tabulated and the wait for a winner is only beginning. New York City Board of Elections officials have long warned that the first tabulation of ranked choice voting would begin a week after election night and final results may not be available until July.