Here's How Hell's Kitchen Voted For Mayor Of NYC — So Far

HELL'S KITCHEN, NY — Many votes are left to be counted in the city's mayoral primary, but unofficial results from this week's election give a strong sense of which candidates were favored by Hell's Kitchen voters.

With virtually all in-person votes counted, Kathryn Garcia emerged as the strongest candidate in the neighborhood, winning about 36.6 percent of first-choice votes. Maya Wiley was second at 23.5 percent, followed by Eric Adams at 12.9.

Andrew Yang, the only Hell's Kitchen resident among the main Democratic contenders, was in fourth at just 11.9 percent.

These unofficial results consist only of the first-choice votes cast in Hell's Kitchen during early voting and on Tuesday. The shape of the race could change significantly once absentee ballots are counted and voters' second through fifth choices are factored into the ranked-choice tabulation: a process that will last into mid-July.

Still, the totals show that Hell's Kitchen's preferences differ significantly from the rest of the city's. Adams, the Brooklyn Borough President, led the citywide race with about 32 percent of first-place votes as of Wednesday, compared to his third-place showing in Hell's Kitchen. Garcia was in third citywide at 19.5 percent, with Maya Wiley in second at 22.2 percent.

To find results in Hell's Kitchen, Patch broke down Board of Elections data by Election District, including only the districts within the accepted bounds of the neighborhood: between 59th and 34th streets to the north and south; and Eighth Avenue and the Hudson River to the east and west.

Garcia did well across wealthier, whiter parts of the city, including the Upper West Side, Midtown, the West Village and Brooklyn Heights. Adams, meanwhile, drew much of his support from lower-income, outer-borough neighborhoods, while Wiley won support in left-leaning, gentrifying areas like Astoria, Queens and Greenpoint and Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

The mayor's race was far from the only important contest playing out in the neighborhood. In the District 3 City Council primary, Erik Bottcher held a sizeable lead over his rivals, with 47.2 percent of first-choice votes as of Wednesday — just below the 50 percent threshold that would make him the automatic winner, without ranked-choice tabulations.

As for the other major citywide election — for city comptroller — Brooklyn Councilmember Brad Lander jumped out to an early lead against Corey Johnson, the City Council Speaker who also represents Hell's Kitchen.

Interactive maps showing the same election district-level view show Hell's Kitchen roughly split between Lander and Johnson, despite it being Johnson's home turf.

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