Eric Adams has surged to the front of the pack, overtaking Andrew Yang and building a six-point lead in the Democratic primary for mayor, according to the exclusive results of a new Spectrum News NY1/Ipsos poll.
The poll found Adams leading the field with 22% support from likely Democratic voters, compared with 16% for Yang. Kathryn Garcia leapfrogged up to 15%, marking a dramatic turnaround for the former sanitation commissioner, who registered just 4% in the NY1/Ipsos poll in April. That placed her last among the eight leading candidates.
The findings could signal trouble for Yang, who’s been slipping in recent polls after enjoying front-runner status for the past several months. He led the race over Adams, 22% to 13%, in the April poll.
Last week Adams received the endorsement of the powerful and highly-influential FJCC of Flatbush. Adams has also received the endorsements of a thriving Staten Island Jewish group and the influential Sephardic Community Federation (SCF), which is based in Flatbush. Adams previously was endorsed by the Crown Heights community and the Far Rockaway Jewish Alliance endorsed Adams – all massive voting blocks.
Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Maya Wiley’s bid to become the next mayor of New York City. Wiley is receiving a one million dollar donation from George Soros.
Adams blasted AOC and Wiley this past Motei Shabbos. Read about that here.
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Remember the Mechashefa AOC won her primary with about 3% of the eligible vote, Crowley only got about 2%. 95% of eligible voters didnt show up to vote at all in that primary. So these polls are meaningless if the overwhelming majority stay home and don’t vote, the one who gets out the vote will win. And as bad as Deblasio has been there are some candidates who are far worse. So get out and vote.
It would be good having a former cop as mayor
You appear to be giving “first choice” figures, which indicate that he isn’t even close to the 50% needed to win the primary. What is critical is how he fares as the “ranked” voting is implemented.
Why do you refer to a local community organization such as the FJCC as “powerful”? “Highly-influential” seems sufficiently descriptive without being overly fawning.
No need do your own AP style reporting, we are already gagging from all the AP reposts here.
This is what Adams said in todays NY Post
Former cop and mayoral frontrunner Eric Adams said Monday he would fight crime in the mold of the late Mayor David Dinkins — and not follow the lead of either Bill de Blasio or Rudy Giuliani.
He’ll fight crime like Dinkins?? 1,927 murders, in NYC, in 1993 Crown Hights Pogrom, Police Commissioner Outa Town Brown Maybe Yang Can’t wait for the real election and vote for sliwa or Mateto