The final votes are set to be cast Tuesday in New York’s party primaries, where mayors, prosecutors, judges and city and county legislators will be on the ballot, along with other municipal offices. The contests include one likely to decide who becomes the district attorney in Manhattan and inherits an ongoing investigation of former President Donald Trump. New York City’s mayoral primary is using ranked-choice voting, a system that lets voters rank up to five candidates instead of choosing just one. Voters are also deciding whether to stick with Rochester’s incumbent mayor, who has been buffeted by personal and political scandals.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is leading the field of Democrats vying to become New York City’s next mayor ahead of Tuesday’s primary, but ranked-choice voting means the race is far from decided. A new Ipsos poll released on Monday found Adams as the top choice for 28% of New Yorkers, while former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang comes in second place with 20% support. They are followed by NYC Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia with 15% and former City Hall lawyer Maya Wiley in fourth with 13%. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Ranked choice voting makes its debut in New York City’s mayoral primary Tuesday in one of the most high-profile tests yet for a system gaining use in pockets across the U.S. The system is based on a simple premise: Democracy works better if people aren’t forced to make an all-or-nothing choice with their vote. Rather than pick just one candidate, voters get to rank several in order of preference. Even if a voter’s top choice doesn’t have enough support to win, their rankings of other candidates still play a role in determining the victor. But the system is more complex than a traditional election, making it tough to forecast a winner. It could take longer to get results. HOW DOES IT WORK?

It was a year ago that mobs of looters roamed the streets of New York City following the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. From the month of May to June mobs would walk the streets of New York City smashing and looting storefronts, with videos of the incident going viral. Despite the lawlessness, the NYPD – who were vastly outnumbered during these unexpected events – made hundreds of arrests, with most taking place in Manhattan and the Bronx. Data reviewed by NBC New York showed that at one point, up to 118 arrests were made in the Bronx during the worst of the looting in early June. Despite the heroic actions by the police, many, if not all of these criminals are still roaming the streets – despite their arrests at the time.

A campaign volunteer for New York City mayoral candidate Eric Adams was stabbed multiple times following an argument in the Bronx Sunday afternoon. Adams, a former New York Police Department captain who serves as Brooklyn borough president, said the stabbing occurred at 149th St and Morris Ave. The New York Police Department told Fox News that the stabbing happened just before 2:45 p.m. They said officers encountered a “42-year-old male with multiple stab wounds.” EMS transferred the victim to Lincoln Hospital,, where he was listed in stable condition. Police said that a “male perpetrator” fled the scene of the crime and remains at large. No arrests have been made. It remains unclear how many suspects were involved.

Annette Steele isn’t destitute or unemployed. But for a year she’ll be receiving $500 per month in no-strings-attached payments as part of an experimental universal basic income program in upstate New York. Places from Compton, California, to Richmond, Virginia, are trying out guaranteed income programs, which gained more attention after the pandemic idled millions of workers. Steele, a special education school aide, is getting her payments through a program in Ulster County, which covers parts of the Catskill Mountains and the Hudson River Valley. During the pilot program, funded by private donations, 100 county residents making less than $46,900 annually will get $500 a month for a year.

IN a breaking development in the NYC Mayoral election, Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein who has endorsed Andrew Yang, is now urging people to vote for frontrunner Eric Adams as “number two” on their ballots. This is a significant development, as on Shabbos, Yang campaigned together with Mayoral Candidate Katherine Garcia. Political observers claim that Yang sees he has no chance in wining the election, and wants his voters to put Garcia as number two, as a huge boos for her race (due to the rank choice voting). Eichenstein apparently does not want Garcia to win, and instead wants the Jewish community to ensure that Eric Adams receives the unanimous vote of the community he represents. Sources tell YWN that Councilman Yeger is likely to do the same in the next few hours.

A bullet was fired into a Shul on Nostrand Avenue in Flatbush on Shabbos afternoon. The NYPD tells YWN that Detectives are investigating the incident, which occurred at Khal Zichron Mordechai (Rabbi Sherer Shul), located at 2645 Nostrand Ave near Avenue M. It appears that the bullet struck a side window of the Shul building at around 2:30PM. The Shul was empty at the time of the incident. The NYPD tells YWN that at this time it does not appear that the Shul was targeted, and may have been a stray bullet fired nearby. Police are reviewing camera footage and are working on the case. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

A fast-moving fire left a supermarket in Lakewood totally destroyed. It happened just after 4:30AM, when the fire broke out at the Picnic Grocery Store on Squankum Road. Arriving firefighters found heavy fire in the building. Multiple fire departments from surrounding towns were called to assist in extinguishing the blaze. By the time the fire was placed under control, the entire building appeared to have been totally destroyed. There were no injuries reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation. PHOTOS VIA N.W. And TLS: (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Mrs. Rivka Zeldes A”H, the Almana of HaRa Nochum Hillel Zeldes ZT”L. Rav Nochum was a Talmid of Hagaon HaRav Aharon Kotler ZATZAL when the Yeshiva was in Kletzk, and then when the Yeshiva opened in Lakewood, NJ. She was the mother of: Mrs Shoshana Perl (London), R’ Shimon Zeldes (Lakewood), Mrs Cyrel Brudny (Edison), Mrs Naomi Ellinson (Lakewood) Levaya will take place at the Lakewood Memorial Chapel, 613 Ramsey Avenue Sunday 9:30 AM Kevura on Har Hazesim.
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