After Counting Debacle, Eric Adams Holds Small Lead in Race for Mayor Over Kathryn Garcia

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Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is ahead in the Democratic primary for mayor after the NYC Board of Elections revised its calculation of who would win with only in-person votes under the new ranked choice voting system.

The new numbers came out Wednesday after a dramatic 24-hours when the BOE released and then retracted a calculation it did Tuesday. The historically troubled election agency said it accidentally included 135,000 “test” ballots in the first inaccurate count.

Adams was ahead by around 9% in preliminary 1st choice results release the evening of the primary.

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