New York City mayor-elect Eric Adams pledged Wednesday to be a practical and progressive mayor who will “get stuff done” for the nation’s largest city. “Listen, you can be as philosophical as you want,” Adams said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” ”I’m not going to be a philosophical mayor. I’m going to be a mayor that’s going to be a GSD mayor. Get stuff done.” Adams, a 61-year-old Democrat and former police officer who will be New York City’s second Black mayor, defeated Republican Curtis Sliwa on Tuesday and will take office on Jan. 1. Adams, who narrowly won a June Democratic primary over a field that included candidates to his left on issues including tax policies and policing, said his own agenda is progressive. “I am practical and I am progressive,” Adams said.

As votes in New Jersey’s gubernatorial race continue to be counted, several pollsters are now projecting Governor Phil Murphy to have won the race, despite having a tiny lead and thousands of ballots remaining to be recorded. Election forecasters say that, although there are technically enough outstanding votes remaining to tip the election towards Republican Jack Ciattarelli, the votes still uncounted come primarily from Democratic strongholds and mail-in ballots, and are expected to skew towards Murphy. There are numerous discrepancies in the data, and the exact lead Governor Murphy currently holds over Ciattarelli remains unclear, but it appears to be somewhere in the range of 1,000 to 7,000 votes.

As the vote between incumbent New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelly comes down to a razor-thin margin, the numbers from the overwhelmingly frum city of Lakewood were released, showing that Ciattarelli won it by a landslide. Despite endorsements from the Lakewood Vaad and numerous askanim, Governor Murphy was unable to gain the support of the majority of Lakewood’s voters, who lean conservative and in general feel that Murphy’s policies do not align with their values. Ciattarelli won 61.6% of the Lakewood vote, with a total of 11,644 votes. Lakewood has over 50,000 registered voters, but saw less than a third of them turn out to vote in Tuesday’s election. {YWN World Headquarters – NYC}

Democrat Eric Adams has been elected New York City mayor, defeating Republican Curtis Sliwa on Tuesday in a contest far easier than his next task: steering a damaged city through its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Adams, a former New York City police captain, will become the second Black mayor of the nation’s most populous city. David Dinkins, who served from 1990 to 1993, was the first. Adams’ victory seemed all but assured after he emerged as the winner from a crowded Democratic primary this summer in a city where Democrats outnumber Republicans 7 to 1. Sliwa, who founded the Guardian Angels anti-crime patrol four decades ago, ran a campaign punctuated by his penchant for stunts and his signature red beret, part of the Guardian Angels uniform.

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New York City voters will pick the city’s next mayor Tuesday, with voters deciding between Republican radio host Curtis Sliwa and Democrat Eric Adams, a Brooklyn police captain who went into politics. Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, is seen as the prohibitive favorite in the race. Democrats outnumber Republicans 7 to 1 in New York City. He spent 22 years in the police department before winning a seat in the state senate. Sliwa is best known as the founder of the Guardian Angels. He still wears the anti-crime patrol’s signature red beret at public events and while campaigning. The next mayor inherits the big challenge of bringing the city back from the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 34,500 New Yorkers and is still infecting hundreds every day.

The Gerrer Rosh Yeshiva, Hagaon HaRav Shaul Alter, arrived in the United States on Tuesday morning, to an ecstatic crowd of his followers who were at the airport waiting to greet him. Upon his arrival, the Rosh Yeshiva was driven by philanthropist Reb Willy Beer to Lawrence in the Five Towns, where they Davened Shacharis, followed by a Lechayim Tish and a private breakfast with local philanthropists. He is being hosted for the duration of his stay in the United States by Reb Meyer Melnick in Boro Park. The Rosh Yeshiva has been to America before, and has delivered his signature brilliant Shiurim in many Yeshivas including Lakewood’s BMG. However, this trip will be different.

It may lack the drama and high-stakes of last year’s presidential election, but New Yorkers are still making important decisions Tuesday in elections to pick mayors, prosecutors, county leaders and other local positions. Voters in New York City will pick a new mayor. In Buffalo, a mayoral race between a moderate and self-described socialist has gained attention as the latest fight over how Democrats should best tackle the plight of the poor and working class. Voters statewide will get to decide whether to tweak the state’s constitution to pave the way for election and environmental reforms favored by advocacy groups and the Democratic-led Legislature.

Despite being despised by a majority of New Yorkers, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has his eyes set on spreading his goodness to the entire state, and today he took a significant step in the direction. De Blasio on Monday filed paperwork with the New York State Board of Elections requesting permission to form a committee named New Yorkers for a Fair Future, a first step towards a possible run for governor. Once authorized, the creation of the committee would also de Blasio to begin fundraising for a statewide campaign, and specifically for a run for governor. Hizzoner has reportedly been telling his inner circle that he has already made up his mind about running in the Democratic primary for governor, but his prospects of winning are dim, according to most analysts.

With under a day to go before polls open in New Jersey and Virginia, a new poll released by Trafalgar found the gubernatorial races in both states neck-and-neck. According to Trafalgar, incumbent New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is leading his Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli by just 4.2%, with 4.3% of voters still undecided and likely to make their decision as they enter the voting booth. Ciattarelli has trailed Murphy throughout the campaign, but he has been consistently cutting deeper into the Democrat’s lead over the past several months, with polls showing Murphy’s dropping from the mid-20s to single digits.