More than 136,867 votes have been cast in NYC as of June 20 during early voting, according to the NYC Board of Elections. Throughout early voting, which ran June 13 to 21, 55,221 votes were cast in Manhattan; 12,034 in the Bronx, 40,938 in Brooklyn, 26,015 in Queens; and 2,659 in Staten Island at press time.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the City Council reached a $300 million agreement Tuesday to expand housing voucher access, resolving a days-long budget standoff
The dust is settling after a busy primary election in Brooklyn, where candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America and Mayor Zohran Mamdani won
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Though Brooklyn was home to two closely-watched congressional races and a number of contested Assembly primaries, voter turnout sagged. Just about 137,295 Brooklynites cast their votes in the June 23 election, compared to nearly 340,000 who participated in last year’s historic mayoral primary.