CNN PROJECTION: Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, will win the Democratic primary for New York City mayor
Adams won 50.5% of the reallocated vote in data released Tuesday by the city's board of elections. The release included all ballots from in-person early and Election Day voters, as well as the vast majority of the almost 126,000 Democratic absentee ballots returned.CNN projects the remaining uncounted ballots won't be enough for any of the other candidates to catch Adams.This count published Tuesday night is the fourth -- all of them partial and preliminary -- of the primary vote.
Read MoreOfficials at the gathering downplayed last week's mess, when the board initially published erroneous figures, describing the public's desire for timely information and transparency as being at odds with the BOE's producing accurate data -- a situation one described as a"Catch-22." They also sought to assure New Yorkers that the final results would not be compromised.