The advent of a new ballot system in New York has mayoral candidates scrambling to hit low-turnout neighborhoods they would ordinarily bypass, while also trying to secure support on their opponents’ turf
Eric Adams, Brooklyn Borough President, speaks in front of Brooklyn Borough Hall on June 26, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. | Stephanie Keith/Getty ImagesNEW YORK — They’re visiting shops along bustling thoroughfares in the Bronx, addressing parishioners at churches in Southeast Queens and lining up for pictures with children on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Candidates competing in the June 22 primary are banking on support in New York’s traditional battleground areas. But the advent of a ballot system allowing voters to rank up to five people in an eight-way field — with six first-time candidates who have no proven bases of support — has scrambled political conventions.
Meanwhile, Stringer has been visiting churches in Southeast Queens — a predominantly Black area where voters generally favor moderate Democrats. It would seem like prime territory for Adams and McGuire — Black men with more centrist positions than Stringer, a white man who in 2019 backed a challenger to the local congressman’s pick for district attorney.
But McGuire has won endorsements from prominent Southeast Queens politicians, including Rep. Gregory Meeks , state Sen. Leroy Comrie and Assembly Member Vivian Cook. Perhaps more important, according to McGuire adviser Tyquana Henderson-Rivers, is support from civic organizations that drive people to the polls.
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