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BIG STORY JULY 02, 2021 | The Indian Eye 4

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eric adams WiNs!

Brooklyn Borough president poised to become the next mayor of New york City

after defeating a number of challengers. If elected, it will be a great moment

for the minorities, including south Asian community

Our Bureau
New York, NY

rooklyn Borough Pres-
ident Eric Adams won
Bthe Democratic prima-
ry for mayor of New York City
after most of the absentee bal-
lots were counted. The Associ-
ated Press called the election
for Adams after it became clear
that Adams would emerge win-
ner. He triumphed over a large
Democratic field in New York’s
first major race to use ranked
choice voting. Results from the
latest tabulations released Tues-
day showed him leading former
city sanitation commissioner
Kathryn Garcia by 8,426 votes.
“While there are still some
very small amounts of votes to
be counted, the results are clear:
an historic, diverse, five-borough
coalition led by working-class Eric Adams
New Yorkers has led us to vic-
tory in the Democratic primary “defund the police” movement. in 2009, two years before New favorite but faded in the race.
for mayor of New York,” Ad- “We’re not going to recover York’s state legislators passed a Voting in the primary ended
ams said in a statement. He said as a city if we turn back time and marriage equality bill. June 22. Early returns showed
he was running to “deliver on see an increase in violence, par- Adams was elected in 2013 Adams in the lead, but New
the promise of this great city for ticularly gun violence,” Adams as Brooklyn borough president, Yorkers had to wait for tens of
those who are struggling, who said after three people includ- his current job. thousands of absentee ballots
are underserved, and who are ing a 4-year-old girl were shot Adams is a vegan who credits to be counted and for rounds of
committed to a safe, fair, afford- and wounded in Times Square a plant-based diet with reversing tabulations done under the new
able future for all New Yorkers.” in May. his diabetes. He has a 25-year- ranked choice system.
Adams will be the favorite “If Black lives really matter, old son, Jordan Coleman, with Under the system, voters
in the general election against it can’t only be against police a former girlfriend. His current ranked up to five candidates for
Curtis Sliwa, the Republican abuse. It has to be against the partner is Tracey Collins, an mayor in order of preference.
founder of the Guardian An- violence that’s ripping apart our educator who holds an admin- Candidates with too few votes
gels. Democrats outnumber communities,” he told support- istrative job in the city’s public to win were eliminated and bal-
Republicans 7-to-1 in New York ers the night of the primary. school system. lots cast for them redistribut-
City. A former police captain, After winning a state Senate Adams’ rivals included Garcia ed to the surviving contenders,
Adams would be the city’s sec- seat from Brooklyn in 2006, Ad- and Maya Wiley. Andrew Yang, based on the voter preference,
ond Black mayor if elected. ams made an impression with the 2020 presidential candidate until only two were left.
Adams, 60, is a moderate an impassioned speech favor- known for his proposed univer- The city’s first experience
Democrat who opposed the ing same-sex marriage rights sal basic income, was an early Continued on next page... >>

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