mayoral race

Candidates in New York City’s heavily contested Democratic mayoral primary are urging people to go to the polls in the coming days as early voting kicks off

Early voting sites have opened for New York City’s party primaries in what is the first major ranked-choice election. Sixteen Democrats and three Republicans on the ballot are aiming to replace Mayor Bill de Blasio in November and hope to gain their party’s nomination after the primary election concludes on June 22. New Yorkers will also be able to...

Voters can start heading to the polls on Saturday to make their top choices for the Democratic and Republican nominees for mayor. With ranked choice voting, voters can pick their top five candidates. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo breaks down how it works.

After a rowdy first in-person Democratic debate last week, Thursday’s second debate was a toned-down and trimmed-down version — although it started with the frontrunner taking heat from all his competitors regarding a recent controversy

If you’re not sure what to expect from ranked choice voting, you’re not alone. Here’s a rundown of how it works, and how long it might take to see results.

NBC New York’s Melissa Russo reports.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has endorsed Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa in this year’s mayoral race. In a taped phone message sent to GOP voters, Giuliani referred to Sliwa as “my great friend,” urging Republicans to vote for him. “When I ran for mayor, Curtis and the Guardian Angels were there to help me win, and then they were...

The Democratic mayoral hopeful, who has been leading the pack in recent polls, welcomed reporters inside his garden apartment home on Lafayette Avenue, showing his kitchen (even providing a look inside his refrigerator) and bedroom for all to see

Eric Adams, who led all Democratic mayoral candidates in a recent poll, got emotional at a press conference after taking reporters on a tour of his Brooklyn apartment to prove that he actually lives there, following a report that raised questions regarding his residence. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is facing allegations that he doesn’t live in his home borough. Melissa Russo reports.

As the race for mayor nears the finish line, with early voting starting on Saturday, one Democratic candidate had a member of his own family come out and endorse one of his opponents

Andrew Siff reports.

Tuesday marks two weeks until the New York City mayoral primary and with Democratic frontrunners continuing to swap poll positions, who might come out on top is still anyone’s guess. “When I win, you win,” Eric Adams said to a crowd in Queens on Monday after leading the latest poll out days before voting begins. “I don’t watch the...

Less than a week before early voting is set to begin in the Democratic and Republican primaries for NYC mayor, Eric Adams is leading the most recent poll — which was conducted before AOC endorsed one of the other Democratic candidates. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

The race for the next mayor of New York City got another big shakeup Saturday as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez threw her support behind civil rights attorney Maya Wiley. Ocasio-Cortez’s backing, and support from others in the progressive arm of New York City politics, could help Wiley stand out among a still crowded pack of Democratic candidates. With a few...

A second woman has come forward in an interview detailing allegations of groping and sexual harassment by New York City Comptroller and current Democratic mayoral candidate Scott Stringer, some five weeks after a former intern made similar accusations of the longtime politician. Teresa Logan, reportedly a former employee of Stringer’s nearly three decades ago, told The New York Times...

A second woman has accused NYC Comptroller and Democratic mayoral hopeful Scott Stringer of sexual misconduct, saying he grabbed her while she was an 18-year-old waitress at a restaurant he co-owned in the early 1990s. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo reports.

New York City mayoral candidates Fernando Mateo and Curtis Sliwa went head to head again Thursday during a GOP debate. This time, it was in person.

Policing and crime were major topics for the debate, as Sliwa and Mateo both called for more officers in subways amid a surge in crime on public transit in the city, but went after each other on who the “real” Republican is

Following a debate that turned testy at some points, the Democratic hopefuls were back out on the campaign trail to shore up as many votes as they can with three weeks left before the primary. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.