NYC's Mayoral Primary in Chaos

Fine article selection, OP. The end game is all right there in your link image: Mayor Eric Adams standing victoriously with a smile.

OP- I hope that arrogant SLEAZEBALL does not become the next mayor of NYC.

Everything points to an Adams victory. The racists will have a hard time with this. So will the NY Times. But Adams is actually the right person at the right time. Still, Garcia would probably have been a reasonably good mayor. But imagine what would have happened to the city if Wiley had won. Or worse, Yang.

IT WAS THE JEWISH SPACE LASERS THAT CHANGED VOTES!!!!!

“The racists”. I love it!! This woke shit is only getting worse. Bring on 2022 midterms, baby!! I’m champing at the bit!

I’m a “racist” and I’m fine with Adams.

I’d prefer Garcia, but either way, it cannot possibly be worse than Big Bird or his handmaiden Wiley.

"Our" new mayor?

Why would you use the actual candidate's names on your test ballots?

Hopefully this will finally spur some kind of reform of the Board of Elections

^ Not going to happen. You can't 'spur' people dead from the neck up to do anything at all, let alone anything relevant

New results are in. Pretty much the same as yesterday, except Garcia edges out Wiley in the semi final round by just 350 votes. She also narrows the gap with Adams, from being 16,000 votes behind to just under 15,000. This ain't over yet, folks.

"This ain't over folks"

What are you? A 98 year old baseball announcer?

Burn Baby Burn!

Mess.

Hillary should throw her hat in the ring as an Independent.

I recommend r/neoliberal or r/nyc for way better discussions and input on this race. This site…no.

I recommend that no one listen to R15, a rightwing neoliberal creep who should stay on rightwing reddit. This site... no.

Datalounge doesn’t offer any insight other than “you’re rightwing”, “you’re Boris”, you’re a racist”. That’s it. If you want great discussion—go there.

You just suggested people visit the neoliberal subreddit, so it does seem those calling you rightwing are correct.

Then I guess I’m rightwing.

R14 If Hillary ran for governor in a primary against Cuomo, she'd easily beat him.

Speaking of Cuomo, I still want to know what was under his shirt that looked EXACTLY like a pair of nipple piercings. He just doesn't seem the type to actually have them.

R21, but I do think that’s what we were seeing. Unless they were some sort of removable clips?

So... when do they have a winner?

He couldn't be any worse than Bill de Blasio!!! NYC's worst mayor in years!

R24 Adams would 100% be worse than de Blasio. I'm still thinking Garcia gets this, which will be an improvement over what we have now.

I love how Pix 11 describes the NY Board of Elections like a drugged up celebrity on suicide watch.

Exactly the corruption you expect from Manhattan liberals

LOL A banana republic styled election board.

I’ve noticed on social media that Trumpers support Adam and use the phrase “banana republic”. I guess if Adams wins, Trumpism carries on.

Is it too late for me to get in this race? Seems like a lot of fun and quite exciting!

What is rank choice?

It’s choosing the less rank-smelling breath of Baba Booey^.

Morning, noon, or night.

R28 You just know whoever tweeted that thought they were being clever

Second results are in and Garcia wasn't able to fully close the gap, but the margin between Garcia and Wiley is still close enough with 4000 provisional ballots at play where there will be a legal challenge. Declarations of victory by Adams and his team are entirely premature.

AP has called it for Adams.

The Garcia shill won't shut up until after Adams' inauguration.

This will end up in court for sure. The Board of Elections is shady as fuck. They likely screwed this up enough to alter the result.

All three announced that July 2, R37. It's standard in such a close election. You sound like a Trumpster unwilling to accept election outcomes.

[quote] You sound like a Trumpster unwilling to accept election outcomes.

That on a site with a million "Trump didn't really win in 2016" posts, 600 to a thread for four years.

The NYC Board of Elections is indeed shady as fuck. Whoever is announced as the winner will always have this cloud hanging over them.

Good luck to Silwa.

Shady shady shady. Where are the missing ballots? Why won't they answer this? This needs to be reviewed by a judge before anyone should see this tabulation as legitimate.

There were supposed to be 125,000 absentee ballots, according to the Board of Elections. Something like 4000 may still be outstanding, but there are still unaccounted for ballots. Where are there? A judge needs to engage in oversight on this. We need a recount. This shit smells fishy. They already fucked up the count once. It would not surprise me if they fucked it up a second time.

Oh god—can you Adams calling everyone racist because there are 7K votes short and this went before a judge?

*imagine

Important to note.

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

“…Rank Choice Voting which was fostered upon NYC…”

Jesus Christ.

I'm planning to vote for this socialist over the Tucker endorsed Eric Adams if Wiley or Garcia's legal challenges fail. Fuck this.

I don't know why Wiley and Garcia conceded so quickly when they could have made a case for a legal recount. This fucking sucks. I'm not voting for Adams in November. May he rot in hell.

Does the WFP endorse Adams or go with someone else?

[quote]I don't know why Wiley and Garcia conceded so quickly

Because Adams would be screaming “racist” from the mountain tops. He even cries calling people racists. It would turn into a big circus because of him. Silwa hopefully stops this guy.

R48 and R49 are unsurprisingly the same poster.

WILEY SAYS: Vote for me, because I have the interests of the working class NYers at heart .Adams is a tool of wealthy white racists.

ADAMS SAYS: Vote for me, because I have the interests of working class NYers at heart, transplant gentrifyers are ruining our city

WHO VOTES FOR WILEY: Transplant Gentrifyers

WHO VOTES FOR ADAMS: Working class POC

WHO DO WEALTHY WHITE PEOPLE VOTE FOR: Garcia

I really like Silwa. He’s much better against Adams than Garcia. Garcia is the better choice over Silwa, but Silwa is the better choice than Adams.

[quote] I really like Silwa.

Really now? Like him so much you don’t know how to spell his name? Yup, that checks out.

玲玲，你这个传播病毒的猫鼬女儿！ 在您发帖之前，我必须告诉您多少次检查英文拼写是否正确！ R54是不能接受的！ 你必须在明天的问责会议上向所有人表达你的耻辱！

He has my vote.

I'm going to write in Cynthia Nixon. I encourage you too as well.

No.^

Then how about Kim Cattrall?

And if I suggest SJP, I suspect R59 will say "Neigh!!!"

It's never too late, bitches.

Why is everything so fucking chaotic these days. Are people just getting dumber and dumber?

I don’t understand r63’s post.

What will Corey Johnson do now that he doesn't have the $150,00 council job? Thought about running for mayor, decided not. Next jump was to run for Comptroller. Brad Lander won.

Council job was $150,000.

Barbara Kavovit kinda looks like Caitlyn. So there's that.

Rude^.

R52 I am and fuck you.

I'm not voting for the fascist cop. I don't believe his election victory is legitimate. The Board of Elections fucked this up so much that the other candidates should have taken this to court. I don't care that they want to promote "unity" or whatever bullshit to "heal" the city. They should have made a legal challenge.

There are still several thousand outstanding absentee and provisional ballots left to count. What if the final count is in recount territory? Is Garcia just going to let it slide or is she going to look even more fucking clownish in unsuspending her campaign and throwing the whole city into even more chaos to push for victory? Both her and Wiley should have waited until the vote was totally certified and every vote was counted before conceding the race. The fact that they didn't, when there was still a chance of a recount changing the final result, is pure bullshit and calls into question Adams' legitimacy to govern.

Squeaking it out with 1% in a ranked choice election with low turnout is not a mandate. He will try to govern with one if he wins the general election, but no one should respect it.

[quote]I don't believe his election victory is legitimate.

I don’t believe he’s going to win.

^^ 😂 This guy is bitter as fuck. Are you the one from the other thread vowing to vote for Curtis Sliwa?

Yes. Not bitter. I like Curtis.

If Eric Adams is a “fascist cop,” then what the hell is Curtis Sliwa?

A decent guy. I would be very, very happy if he was elected. I would happy with either Kathryn or Curtis.

Ranked balloting in New York City... what could possibly go wrong?

[quote] Ranked balloting in New York City... what could possibly go wrong?

Election reforms like this are our thing.

R69 giving big Republicans whining about Arizona energy.

Oh god, I can actually imagine an attempt by them to draft in the Cyber Ninjas

Interesting that this article has just come out. Perhaps people realize how unpopular Adams really is and that he's not a shoo in to becoming our next mayor.

Most important thing to note:

[Quote] Half a dozen independent candidates have already secured spots for the general election — and the fate of one potentially important ballot line, from the Working Families Party, is not yet clear.

[Quote] Ravi Mangla, a WFP spokesperson, told THE CITY Thursdays that “no decision has been made” about who will appear on its line in November.

[Quote] The party’s state officers “will be making a decision on the WFP ballot line for the mayoral race in the coming weeks,” he added.

And the best part is it won't be Maya Wiley:

[Quote] The WFP endorsed Maya Wiley in the mayoral race, but she has no plans to run on that line, her campaign told THE CITY Thursday. She would not accept the ballot line if offered it, said her spokesperson, Eric Koch.

Sliwa for mayor.

"Perhaps people realize how unpopular Adams really is and that he's not a shoo in to becoming our next mayor."

R78, Adams just won the primary race over several other good candidates -- to say that he is unpopular is a little like Trump saying Biden is unpopular. Just because your favored candidate didn't win doesn't mean that the winner didn't deserve it, didn't get the most votes, or in some other way cheated.

Please stop your incessant whining about Adams and move on. And yes, he is a shoo-on for mayor. He will probably get more 70 percent of the vote, if not more.

[quote] Eric Adams is pulling a reverse Bloomberg. He's a Republican but no R is getting elected Mayor in NYC after the Orange Afterbirth, so he's running in the Democratic primary. If he gets the nomination, I expect one or even more of the defeated candidates to run in November on different ballot lines. Remember, the November election is still First Past the Post, and you can run on multiple ballot lines due to electoral fusion. The Democratic primary is not the end of this. It's only the beginning.

That's me in a previous thread. More evidence this morning that supports this statement. And my prediction about this is the only beginning is also correct as per R78.

R80: He's the favorite, but it won't be 70%. There's more to come out about this GOP freak.

Bo Dietl holds court at Rao’s regularly.

This race is near recount territory, before the final, certified results. For the life of me, I still don't understand why Garcia and Wiley conceded before the possibility of a manual recount was closed off to them. There's going to be a recount in a city council race where Adams racked up a large margin. What if the percentage shrinks enough to where his race can be recounted? Why close off the possibility and concede before every vote was counted? So fucking stupid on behalf of Garcia and Wiley.

R83- Does this mean we can still GET RID OF HIM?

R81 is just as completely stupid in this thread as he is in the other. The odds of Adams not becoming mayor are about the same as R81 having a fully functional brain.

Homeless in hotels can stay put for now, says federal judge who orders NYC to improve plan for moving them to shelters.

Obama judge.

[quote]For the life of me, I still don't understand why Garcia and Wiley conceded

Because he would have screamed racism—like he was already doing. They didn’t want this to become a Trump-like scenario of “rigged election” scenario.

I supported Garcia but am throwing my support to Sliwa. Garcia is the best choice of all, Sliwa is the best choice between he and Adams.

"Between he and Adams.:"

R87 is the anti-Adams troll who not only won't let it rest, he doesn't know how to speak English, which is typical of know-nothing trolls.

We're not grading his homework.

Please learn to quote R88.

Adams won primary with about one percent or bit less of total votes according to local NYC news media. He carried every borough on democrat side except Manhattan. That being said already opinion, editorial and others are saying too much shouldn't be read into these primary results, and that NYC overall still remains largely divided in many ways.

Blacks, Latino/Hispanics and women are happy because they see primary wins as justice on many fronts from BLM to fact city government will now reflect "inclusion" and "equality". Fair enough I suppose....

While Adams and rest will have golden opportunities starting in 2022, there are also many major hurdles city will be facing not just out of the box, but going forward as next four years roll out.

R85 et al

Eric Adams is all but de facto next mayor of NYC. He was in Washington, D.C. this week meeting with Biden and other top democrats about the crime issue.

While there is always a chance, odds of Curtis Sliwa winning in November are about same as souls in Hell getting ice water.

Any other republican with decent political or other background *might* have a chance, but just as with past few mayoral races GOP couldn't find a single sane, rational and decent candidate to run.

Only saving grace some are perhaps hoping for is that the next four years under Adams go so badly that people are fed up and vote him out of office. Sound familiar? But don't think Eric Adams is going to play David Dinkins to whoever GOP could possibly find in 2026. Adams may lose reelection, but it won't be to a republican IMHO.

[quote] He was in Washington, D.C. this week meeting with Biden and other top democrats about the crime issue.

Where he told them his answer to the crime problem is more dyslexia testing for thugs. Not certain how much that matters if they are illiterate anyway.

R91 -- Please, please learn to speak English before posting here.

Please respect the community. Thank you.

R93 He's saying this because Sliwa has three other conservatives dragging his numbers down in the general election, based on The City article at R78. His only real challenger is from the left, Cathy Rojas, who is running on the Socialist party line. People may think she has no chance, but if AOC decides to lean in for her, since she hates Adams, Rojas could win a plurality since it's not ranked choice or a runoff election. The person with the most votes wins in the fall, even if it's only 20%. It's possible the more left leaning anyone but Adams vote coalesces behind her and the "tough on crime" vote splits. It happened in Seattle with Kshama Sawant. It can absolutely happen here. That's why Adams is softening his "tough on crime" rhetoric. He can't afford to alienate progressives if he expects them not to flip, which I will, regardless of whatever pandering he does in the lead up to the election.

Oh and the Working Families Party is not going to be able to play spoiler in the fall since they won't be on the ballot. It's Rojas or bust for the left.

Adams is going to have problems regardless. Next city council will be largely minority, mostly women, and with a fuck ton of progressive, liberal, socialist democrats all eager to make their mark before up for reelection. Due to redistricting happening based on 2020 census results city council members will be up for reelection in two years this time instead of usual four.

There is going to be great pressure on many newly elected city council members to deliver for their constituencies. In short expect to hear more "BLM", "inclusion" and "equality" measures and pressure to enact things that will address those issues.

On other side of things city will be broke or nearly so as it faces fiscal issues starting in 2022 or 2024. Most of them were papered over this year thanks to Biden winning and Schumer insuring both NYC and NYS received lion's share of federal stimulus money. Bdeb has largely spent most of those funds, and what is left he and current city council are spending like sailors in a cat house.

2024 being an even number year will also coincide with federal elections including POTUS. National elections tend to be one of the few things that break normal NY voter apathy in that larger numbers of people bother.

I'll say something else many may not want to hear; Adams won't have very long to deal with rising crime in NYC. This regardless if things are really that bad or merely perception is they are.

There was another shooting in Times Square earlier this week, and also man driving on GWB was ambushed, shot and car stolen.

In other NYC election news, out gay state senator Brad Hoylman lost his bid to become next Manhattan borough president.

Soon, you'll be begging for me to come back!

BdeB is washed up in NYC and NYS for that matter.

Long as King Cuomo is in Albany BdeB won't get anything near a state appointment (judge, board of directors of a public agency, etc....). Even in 2023 when a new governor takes office (likely not going to be Cuomo), BdeB's name will still be mud.

Biden didn't offer BdeB anything in his administration or elsewhere, so don't think he can expect anything federal either.

Mark my words, BdeB and that wife of his are going to sell those townhouses in Brooklyn while market is hot, then move elsewhere.

Dancing With the Stars.

Our district’s city council Dem is the only one who isn’t far left Progressive. The only one who wasn’t screeching “Defund!” Different districts have different priorities, and I don’t know anything about the Republican running against her. But people are sick of the gun crime and homeless zombies.

R93- Dyslexia testing for THUGS?

Adams is a THUG himself, maybe he should be tested for Dyslexia.

Foolish if you vote for him.

Also, I would just like to point out that a major part of the crime solution rests in the hands of the DA’s offices. Police are arresting people who are subsequently released.

On the face of it, bail reform for “non-violent offenses” seems okay. But property crimes are just as devastating. Someone smashes up a delivery bike for kicks; now someone can’t work until/unless they can have repairs made. Shoplifters don’t even get prosecuted unless they steal over $1000. There’s a guy who goes down Lexington Avenue every morning and turns the garbage cans on their sides so the garbage goes all over the sidewalk and into the street. Cops can’t do anything unless they catch him in the act. And if he gets arrested, they have to let him out, anyway. What would the DA convict him with? Littering? He’d have to pay a fine? He’s obviously indigent, so some social justice group would pay the $25 and he’ll be back at it.

Shit like this just gets me down.

R107- The same thing is going on in San Francisco.

R107

"There’s a guy who goes down Lexington Avenue every morning and turns the garbage cans on their sides so the garbage goes all over the sidewalk and into the street."

Who the fuck is doing that? It is really annoying and have noticed it for months now walking down Lexington early as 11PM or so.

Since last March or maybe towards summer of 2020 UES is becoming more and more filled with some really sketchy people. They finally closed that TD Bank on 86th and Lex, but the area still looks like 8th Avenue from 19th to 34th street. In fact Third, Park and Madison aren't that much better.

R109- There's always a PACK of sketchy people hanging out at the NEW entrance to Penn station. A last week some guy was SCREAMING and CURSING very loudly. I had to run across seventh avenue to get away from him. There were several cops standing around but they weren't doing anything about it.

Two fat Brooklyn women smash elderly laundromat manager's head with a vase

R111- The lesson here is don't mess with SHIRONA and WILONA.

That old man deserves better than that. Pigs.

R97

Working Families Party is very pleased with themselves none the less, they are on track to put over the first black woman socialist to become mayor of Buffalo, NY. That's saying something anyway....

Partial list of who gave big money to Adam's mayoral bid.

quote:

Adams’ individual public contributions included some well-known names. Marbury and Brett Yormark, who was Nets CEO from 2005 to 2019, each donated $2,000, the maximum allowed under the law.

But such amounts are overshadowed by what Strong Leadership NYC pulled together in a little more than a month of fundraising. Neither the PAC’s treasurer, Kent Yalowitz, nor its manager, Jennifer Sedlis, responded to a request for comment.

The Adams campaign did not respond to a request for comment.

On election night, Adams famously said, “Social media does not pick a candidate. People on Social Security pick a candidate.”

Below is a list of some of the Strong Leadership donors who likely never will need to cash their Social Security checks.

Steve Cohen

Mets owner and chairman of the Point72 Asset Management hedge fund

Donated: $1.5 million

Estimated net worth: $16 billion

Daniel Loeb

Founder and chief executive at the Third Point hedge fund

Donated: $1 million

Estimated net worth: $3.5 billion

Ken Griffin

Founder and CEO of the Citadel hedge fund

Donated: $750,000

Estimated net worth: $16.1 billion

Paul Tudor Jones

Founder of the Tudor Investment hedge fund

Donated: $600,000

Estimated net worth: $7 billion

Stanley Druckenmiller

Former chairman and president of Duquesne Capital

Donated: $500,000

Estimated net worth: $5.6 billion

Michael Smith

Founder and CEO of Freeport LNG, a natural gas corporation

Donated: $500,000

Estimated net worth: $1.1 billion

Stephanie Coleman

Wife of Chase Coleman, founder of the Tiger Global Management hedge fund

Donated: $500,000

Estimated family net worth: $10.3 billion

Gary Barnett

CEO of the Extell Development real estate company

Donated: $250,000

Estimated net worth: unavailable

Sean Parker

Former president of Facebook and Napster

Donated: $250,000

Estimated net worth: $2.7 billion

Aby Rosen

Co-founder of RFR Holding, an international real estate company

Donated: $100,000

Estimated net worth: unavailable

/quote:

Why would Brad Hoylman leave a safe state senate seat for term limited Manhattan borough president office.

A note to the anti-Adams troll: No matter how many anti-Adams posts you post, and it looks like there have been dozens, you're not going to change 1) the election or 2) anyone's mind.

Man mugs six year old kid to steal his electric scooter.

Oh look. Cathy Rojas is getting some press now. Eric may not have this in the bag for November after all.