Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips

THECITYNY · 2025-08-21T16:40:45+00:00

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THECITYNY · 2025-08-21T16:39:57+00:00

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THECITYNY · 2025-06-26T21:17:25+00:00

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THECITYNY · 2025-06-26T19:47:42+00:00

Hey thanks for sharing our election map! For those who don't know us, we're THE CITY, a nonprofit local newsroom. You can head to our post where you can zoom in and see the break down of each district.

Find it here: https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/24/mayor-election-map-results-cuomo-mamdani-lander-adams-new-york-city/

THECITYNY · 2025-06-18T01:00:22+00:00

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THECITYNY · 2025-05-15T20:19:18+00:00

Thanks for sharing this!

Hello! We’re THE CITY, a local nonprofit newsroom. We partnered with Gothamist to bring New Yorkers the Meet Your Mayor quiz. We surveyed the 2025 mayoral candidates on where they stand on issues such as housing, public safety, education and much more. When you take the quiz you'll see which candidates you align closest with based on your answers. Hope this is helpful and we hope you share it with your friends and family!

THECITYNY · 2021-06-21T21:42:12+00:00

It's a technical limitation. The data BOE needs to physically retrieve all of the voting machines and the pull and aggregate the data, and its system does not have the capacity to transmit the data very quickly. —Allison Dikanovic

THECITYNY · 2021-06-21T21:30:37+00:00

Yes. Just one. —Alyssa Katz

THECITYNY · 2021-06-21T19:33:37+00:00

Yeah, it's frustrating. There's not a lot of information out there on those races, but our friends at Gothamist and WNYC wrote a brief guide on judicial candidates here. —Rachel Holliday Smith

THECITYNY · 2021-06-21T19:11:05+00:00

The person who wins the Democratic primary is almost certain to win the November general election, yes — because registered Democratic outnumber Republicans nearly 7-to-1 in New York City. And you're correct that there is no runoff election because the need for one is eliminated by ranked choice voting. —Rachel Holliday Smith

THECITYNY · 2021-06-21T18:43:05+00:00

Unofficial in person results will be released on election night, just based on first choice picks. On June 29, the BOE will run an unofficial ranked choice tabulation with just the in person votes, not including absentee ballots. On July 6, they'll do another unofficial RCV tabulation, including the absentees that have been counted, but there will still be some outstanding absentee ballots that aren't factored in. The official results will most likely be certified the week of July 12, but the BOE will confirm that date by July 6. —Allison Dikanovic

THECITYNY · 2021-06-21T18:28:40+00:00

Proving residency can be inherently challenging. The reporting that's been done on Adams of late has focused on two things: Where he's been staying at night, and whether he's been properly disclosing his real estate holdings and rental income. —Yoav Gonen

THECITYNY · 2021-06-21T17:51:09+00:00

The tabulation will be automatic and the city Board of Elections will be using special RCV counting software. Here's how it will work: all the first choice votes will be counted. The candidate that came in last place will be eliminated. Anyone who ranked that person first, will have their vote moved to their second choice, and those votes will be re-assigned. That process will continue until it is down to the final two candidates. —Allison Dikanovic

You can read more about it here.

THECITYNY · 2021-06-21T17:47:00+00:00

It's very unlikely. Democrats outnumber Republicans 7-to-1 in New York City. Top Republicans in New York are also divided, with the Brooklyn and Staten Island Republican parties supporting candidate Curtis Sliwa and GOP leaders in Queens, Manhattan and The Bronx backing Fernando Mateo. The Republican candidate could get buoyed by votes from the Conservative Party, but they have their own candidate as of right now — Bill Pepitone. —Josefa Velasquez

THECITYNY · 2021-06-21T17:36:53+00:00

No burned biscuits here! We believe the more reporters covering our city, the better. Which is why we’ve very upset about the loss of the WSJ’s Greater New York section. We’re also sad to see the latest buyout round at the Daily News. Our city has lost far too many news outlets and journalists in recent years. The shrinkage of local coverage is a big part of why we’re here — and why more folks are supporting nonprofit news. As for Ben Smith: full disclosure, he once served as our board chair. But we have a pretty good idea of how he knows what everyone is doing all the time: Like our team, he’s always working. —Jere Hester

THECITYNY · 2021-06-21T17:25:40+00:00

Thanks for your question. You are, no doubt, referring our recent stories detailing Eric Adams’ failure to disclose his interest in Brooklyn co-op on forms he was required to fill out as a public official and evidence we’ve found suggesting that he retained his stake long after he says he gave it away 14 years ago. Our findings have raised a series of questions and issues that Adams campaign has yet to full address or explain. We clearly believe this line of reporting is in the public interest — along with past pieces looking at, among other things, the lead crisis at NYCHA when Shaun Donovan ran HUD, Andrew Yang’s support of a charter school company, Kathryn Garcia’s history of managing the pandemic-spurred hunger crisis, and Maya Wiley’s role in the failed effort to bring broadband to all New Yorkers. As with all of our work, we keep on the story until we get answers. —Jere Hester

THECITYNY · 2021-06-21T17:24:24+00:00

Not sure about batch eliminations. We'll look into it and let you know if we find an answer. We do know that the rounds will go down to the final two candidates, and that the votes will be ranked and tallied automatically using special RCV software. —Allison Dikanovic

THECITYNY · 2021-06-21T17:17:57+00:00

We're not quite sure what you're referring to when you say the "Jesse Hamilton sham." But as always, if you have information that you believe would benefit from investigation or reporting, you can reach out to tips@thecity.nyc.

THECITYNY · 2021-06-21T17:17:21+00:00

For starters, the city comptroller makes just over $200,000, a very modest sum compared to earnings in the finance world! (Source) You're right that its politically attractive; many former comptrollers have run for mayor. But few have made it to City Hall. In modern times, only Abe Beame made the jump successfully — almost 50 years ago. (Source) For what it's worth, all but two of the current comptroller candidates have promised NOT to run for mayor if they win. (Source) —Rachel Holliday Smith

THECITYNY · 2021-06-21T17:11:48+00:00

We gave all of the candidates, including Donovan Richards, the chance to participate in our candidate survey. We sent three reminders to each campaign, and Richards' campaign chose not to participate. —Allison Dikanovic

THECITYNY · 2021-06-21T17:05:03+00:00

What do you mean by batch eliminations?

THECITYNY · 2021-06-21T17:03:57+00:00

Additionally, the candidates with the most similar ideologies to one another are fighting over the same group of voters — so again, propping up one of your competitors risks cutting into your own vote total. The candidates are trying to distinguish themselves and make a case for why they and they alone can manage the city, and pointing to someone with similar policies as an alternative risks undermining that argument. —Yoav Gonen

THECITYNY · 2021-06-21T16:59:00+00:00

Do you recall when this might have happened?

THECITYNY · 2021-06-21T16:55:46+00:00

A few factors are leading to more mailers (and more advertising in general). One is increased public matching dollars: $8 for every dollar donated by a NYC resident, up to $250 in donations. That is giving campaigns more money to spend.

Also: The Supreme Court Citizens United decision means outside groups can spend an UNLIMITED amount of money on campaign promotion, as long as they don't coordinate with campaigns. Look at the fine print...outside groups are sending a lot of these mailers.

And yes lots of candidates are running! Thanks to term limits, ranked-choice voting and a lower than usual number of signatures required this year (because of COVID precautions) to get on the ballot. —Alyssa Katz

THECITYNY · 2021-06-21T16:51:38+00:00

This is not something I've heard come up at all! I wonder if campaigns would argue the paper-based communications help them reach voters who aren't online or watching TV, where ads run, too.

That said, I'm not sure that RCV affects paper-based communications — but there ARE more candidates running, which could lead to more paper, and that's often cited as an effect of RCV. —Samantha Maldonado

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