NEW YORK — At most other times in New York City history, the Democratic nominee for mayor could spend this post-primary period basking in the glow of victory and an almost guaranteed path to City Hall.
But this is like no other time in city history and the next few weeks will be a complicated and potentially messy time for mayoral politics.
“This is new territory for all of us,” leading candidate Eric Adams acknowledged Friday.
He is nine points ahead in first-choice ballots for New York’s first-ever ranked-choice election. If other ranked-choice elections in the U.S. are any guide, Adams has a 96 percent chance of emerging as the victor.