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The 2021 New York City mayoral election was held on November 2, 2021. Incumbent Mayor Bill de Blasio was term-limited and ineligible to run for re-election.
On June 22, 2021, the primary elections for the Democratic and Republican primaries were held. The 2021 primaries were the first New York City mayoral election primaries to use ranked-choice voting rather than the plurality voting of previous primaries. [1] [2] On election night, Guardian Angels founder and radio talk show host Curtis Sliwa won the Republican primary with 67.9% of the vote, defeating New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers founder Fernando Mateo. [3] Brooklyn Borough President and former police officer Eric Adams had a lead on election night in the Democratic primary but did not reach 50% of the vote, meaning that ranked-choice voting would come into play. [4] In the final round of tabulation of the ranked-choice vote in the Democratic primary, Adams defeated former New York City Department of Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia, 50.4%–49.6%.
In the general election, Adams handily defeated Sliwa with 67.0% of the vote to become the 110th mayor of New York City and the city's second black mayor, after David Dinkins.
In 2019, New York City voters passed Ballot Question #1 to amend the City Charter to "give voters the choice of ranking up to five candidates in primary and special elections for mayor, public advocate, comptroller, borough president, and city council beginning in January 2021". [5] The first election in the city to use ranked-choice voting was in the 24th council district in Queens, which took place on February 2, 2021. [6] This was the first time ranked-choice voting was used in the New York City mayoral election.
In 2019, journalists and political commentators predicted several potential 2021 mayoral candidates, including Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Bronx Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr., NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, and NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams. [7] [8]
Incumbent Mayor of New York City Bill de Blasio was barred by term limits from seeking a third term. [9]
By May 2021, thirteen candidates had qualified for the Democratic Party primary, and two for the Republican Party primary. There are also minor party and independent campaigns for the general election in November. [10]
Polling in late January and early February 2021 showed businessman Andrew Yang as the Democratic primary frontrunner, with Adams in second place and Stringer in third place. [11] [12]
In April, Scott Stringer was accused of sexual abuse by Jean Kim. [13] [14] [15] Stringer denied the allegations, claiming that the relationship had been consensual. [16] In June, a second woman accused him of sexual misconduct. [17]
On May 5, 2021, Politico reported that a recent poll found that Eric Adams was leading the Democratic primary contest; this marked the first time since January that any Democratic candidate other than Yang had led in a public poll. [18] On June 7, Spectrum News reported that Adams had maintained a lead in the Democratic primary. [19]
On July 6, the Associated Press reported that Adams had won the Democratic primary. [4] The Guardian stated that Adams, a "former police captain", had prevailed "after appealing to the political center and promising to strike the right balance between fighting crime and ending racial injustice in policing". [20] An earlier report from The New York Times asserted that Adams had run as a "working-class underdog" and had "hammered away at the message that he was the only candidate who could tackle both crime and police reform". [21]
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Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
Eric Adams | 289,403 | 30.7% | 289,603 | 30.8% | 290,055 | 30.8% | 291,806 | 31.2% | 295,798 | 31.7% | 317,092 | 34.6% | 354,657 | 40.5% | 404,513 | 50.4% | ||
Kathryn Garcia | 184,463 | 19.6% | 184,571 | 19.6% | 184,669 | 19.6% | 186,731 | 19.9% | 191,876 | 20.5% | 223,634 | 24.4% | 266,932 | 30.5% | 397,316 | 49.6% | ||
Maya Wiley | 201,127 | 21.4% | 201,193 | 21.4% | 201,518 | 21.4% | 206,013 | 22.0% | 209,108 | 22.4% | 239,174 | 26.1% | 254,728 | 29.1% | Eliminated | |||
Andrew Yang | 115,130 | 12.2% | 115,301 | 12.2% | 115,502 | 12.3% | 118,808 | 12.6% | 121,597 | 13.0% | 135,686 | 14.8% | Eliminated | |||||
Scott Stringer | 51,778 | 5.5% | 51,850 | 5.5% | 51,951 | 5.5% | 53,599 | 5.7% | 56,723 | 6.1% | Eliminated | |||||||
Dianne Morales | 26,495 | 2.8% | 26,534 | 2.8% | 26,645 | 2.8% | 30,157 | 3.2% | 30,933 | 3.3% | Eliminated | |||||||
Raymond McGuire | 25,242 | 2.7% | 25,272 | 2.7% | 25,418 | 2.7% | 26,361 | 2.8% | 27,934 | 3.0% | Eliminated | |||||||
Shaun Donovan | 23,167 | 2.5% | 23,189 | 2.5% | 23,314 | 2.5% | 24,042 | 2.6% | Eliminated | |||||||||
Aaron Foldenauer | 7,742 | 0.8% | 7,758 | 0.8% | 7,819 | 0.8% | Eliminated | |||||||||||
Art Chang | 7,048 | 0.7% | 7,064 | 0.8% | 7,093 | 0.8% | Eliminated | |||||||||||
Paperboy Prince | 3,964 | 0.4% | 4,007 | 0.4% | 4,060 | 0.4% | Eliminated | |||||||||||
Joycelyn Taylor | 2,662 | 0.3% | 2,683 | 0.3% | 2,780 | 0.3% | Eliminated | |||||||||||
Isaac Wright Jr. | 2,242 | 0.2% | 2,254 | 0.2% | Eliminated | |||||||||||||
Write-ins | 1,568 | 0.2% | Eliminated | |||||||||||||||
Inactive ballots | 0 ballots | 752 ballots | 1,207 ballots | 5,314 ballots | 8,062 ballots | 26,445 ballots | 65,714 ballots | 140,202 ballots | ||||||||||
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Fernando Mateo | Founder of the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers | February 4, 2021 (Website Archived March 10, 2021, at the Wayback Machine ) | [88] [89] |
Curtis Sliwa | Founder of the Guardian Angels Radio talk show host | March 8, 2020 (Website Archived March 8, 2021, at the Wayback Machine Archived April 22, 2021, at the | [90] |
Sliwa ran on a platform opposing the Defund the Police movement, supporting a property tax overhaul so that wealthy citizens pay more in comparison to working-class residents, keeping in place the Specialized High School Admissions Test while increasing opportunities for vocational training in charter schools, and focusing on fiscal restraint. [91] [92] [93] He also opposes the killing of unwanted animals and supports making all animal shelters no-kill shelters. [94]
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Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [a] | Margin of error | Fernando Mateo | Curtis Sliwa | Undecided |
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Emerson College [115] [A] | Jun 7–8, 2021 | 250 (LV) | ± 6.2% | 27% | 33% | 40% |
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1 [116] | March 31, 2021 | WABC | Dominic Carter | Video | P | P | ||||||||
2 [105] | June 3, 2021 | PIX11 | Ayana Harry Dan Mannarino Henry Rossoff | Video | P | P |
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Republican | Curtis Sliwa | 40,794 | 67.9 | |
Republican | Fernando Mateo | 16,719 | 27.8 | |
Write-in | 2,536 | 4.2 | ||
Total votes | 60,049 | 100% |
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1 | October 20, 2021 | Citizens Budget Commission NBC 4 New York New York Urban League Politico Telemundo 47 | Sally Goldenberg Melissa Russo David Ushery Allan Villafaña | [125] | P | P | ||||||||
2 | October 26, 2021 | ABC 7 Hispanic Federation League of Women Voters NAACP NYS Conference Univision 41 | Dave Evans Bill Ritter Mariela Salgado | [126] | P | P |
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Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [a] | Margin of error | Eric Adams (D) | Curtis Sliwa (R) | Undecided |
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Emerson College [181] | October 22–23, 2021 | 615 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 61% | 25% | 14% |
Adams: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% | Sliwa: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% | Tie No votes |
Though Adams won the election easily in the heavily Democratic city, he received fewer votes than Bill de Blasio in either of his two mayoral runs, and lost many heavily Asian American precincts. This is partly attributed to Sliwa's pledge to halt the construction of homeless shelters which were proposed by Adams to be built in neighborhoods such as Asian-majority Sunset Park. Other issues of importance to Asian American activist leaders included proposed reforms to the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test in high schools, bail reform, and plans to build new jails in neighborhoods such as Chinatown, Manhattan. [182]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Eric Adams | 753,801 | 66.99% | +0.82% | |
Republican | Curtis Sliwa | 302,680 | 26.90% | +2.95% | |
Independent | Curtis Sliwa | 9,705 | 0.86% | N/A | |
Total | Curtis Sliwa | 312,385 | 27.76% | +0.17% | |
Socialism and Liberation | Cathy Rojas | 27,982 | 2.49% | N/A | |
Conservative | Bill Pepitone | 12,575 | 1.12% | −2.13% | |
Empowerment | Quanda S. Francis | 3,792 | 0.34% | N/A | |
Libertarian | Stacey Prussman | 3,189 | 0.28% | +0.04% | |
Humanity United | Raja Flores | 2,387 | 0.21% | N/A | |
Save Our City | Fernando Mateo | 1,870 | 0.17% | N/A | |
Out Lawbreaker | Skiboky Stora | 264 | 0.02% | N/A | |
Write-in | 7,013 | 0.62% | |||
Total votes | 1,125,258 | 100.0% | |||
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