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There were several special elections for seats vacated in 2020 and early 2021; these special elections were the first to use ranked-choice voting in city council elections after it was approved by a ballot question in 2019 [3] and the second to use ranked-choice voting since New York City repealed PR-STV in 1945. [4]
The 2009 election for Mayor of New York City took place on Tuesday, November 3. The incumbent Mayor, Michael Bloomberg , an independent who left the Republican Party in 2008, won reelection on the Republican and Independence Party /Jobs & Education lines with 50.7% of the vote over the retiring City Comptroller , Bill Thompson , a Democrat ...
The first election in the city to use ranked-choice voting (Instant-runoff voting) was in the 24th council district in Queens, which took place on February 2, 2021. [7] This was the first time ranked-choice voting was used in the New York City mayoral election.
Mayoral elections previously had been held since 1834 by the City of Brooklyn and the smaller, unconsolidated City of New York (Manhattan, later expanded into the Bronx). Eric Adams took office 12:01 AM on January 1, 2022, at a private swearing-in, followed by a public ceremony later in the day.
The 2009 New York City Public Advocate election took place on Tuesday, November 3, 2009, along with elections for the mayor, the city comptroller, borough presidents, and members of the New York City Council.
Voters cast their ballots at a voting center in Brooklyn, New York on Nov. 2, 2021. New Yorkers head to the polls in a mayoral election that is virtually guaranteed to elect Black former policeman ...
Election Day: Tuesday, June 28: 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. ... Voting signage for New York City primary elections in Manhattan, New York on June 22, 2021. (Spencer Platt/)
New York junior Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D) on a campaign stop with Congressional candidate Scott Murphy (D) at a diner in Brunswick, New York during the 2009 special election for the 20th congressional district of New York. New York Governor David Paterson replaced former Senator Hillary Clinton with Senator Gillibrand (the former ...