Ese Olumhense, Author at City Limits

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Government News

NYC Primary Updates: The Candidates Who Lost Their Election-Night Leads

In three primary races, all for City Council seats, the likely winner will be someone other than the candidate who led on election night, according to a City Limits analysis…

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Government Justice News

Lawsuit Asks Court to Halt NYPD’s Use of Sealed Arrest Records

In a motion filed on Thursday, lawyers at the Bronx Defenders say that police department training documents may be instructing officers to illegally use sealed arrest records.

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Government News

Kristin Richardson Jordan Leads Incumbent Bill Perkins By 100 Votes in Harlem Council Race

Of the three primaries in which current Manhattan Council members faced challengers, the 9th Council District race is the only one in which the incumbent appears to have been defeated.

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Board of Elections Vote Count Snafu Stemmed from Error in Queens, Officials Say

Officials were “trying to satisfy expectations of quick results with a new way of voting,” BOE’s deputy executive director said of the botched ballot count.

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Mayor’s Race: Kathryn Garcia Gains on Eric Adams in Early Ranked Choice Recount

The Board of Elections released new preliminary numbers in the Democratic mayoral primary Wednesday, its second try at calculating ranked choice voting results for ballots that were cast in person…

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NYC Board of Elections Mistakenly Counted Test Ballots in Preliminary Ranked-Choice Vote Count

The latest unofficial count—which had yet to include more than 124,000 absentee ballots—showed former Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia gaining on front runner Eric Adams, though the BOE later said there…

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Eric Adams Strikes Celebratory Tone as Ranked Choice Count Begins

Eric Adams predicted victory in New York City’s Democratic primary for mayor Tuesday, telling supporters he was confident he won the June 22 election for the city’s top job.

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NYC Spent Nearly $15 Million to Publicize Ranked-Choice Voting. Some Say It Came Too Late.

“When voters voted for ranked-choice voting, we voted for it with the understanding that there’d be two years of city-wide education, which never came,” said Christian Amato, who has been…

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