NYC Mayor/2021 Megathread

[Pyro]

Anecdotal, but I've noticed lately that our glut of Yang ads have had an anti-Adams tinge to them. One keeps bringing up Adams' Giuliani endorsement. For the most part his campaign (and all of them?) were releasing strictly positive ads. Seems like it's too little too late.

[Pyro]

Yang seems to have put his foot in his mouth again with several poorly worded responses that appear to target people with mental illnesses for why homelessness is so prevalent in NYC.

https://twitter.com/politico/status/1405349103228395528

Yang, earlier: "Half of the attacks on Asian New Yorkers have been by the violently mentally ill. Yes, mentally ill people have rights, but you know who else has rights? We do, the people and families of the city. We have the right to walk the street and not fear for our safety because of mentally ill person is going to lash out at us. The fact is, mentally ill homeless men are changing the character of our neighborhoods."

[Pyro]

Not looking good for the NYC mayoral race, but India Walton winning in Buffalo is nothing less than historic.

[Pyro]

There's an in-person debate on NBC right now, and Sliwa is out-doing Adams on a purely performative level. His main tactic is tying Adams to De Blasio, and Adams isn't giving much of a rebuttle. Though Adams wasn't a very good debater during the primary and that didn't seem to matter.

[Pyro]

Around 50% of NYC reported.

Adams leads Sliwa 66.5%-28.9%. Williams and Lander running a bit ahead of Adams.

Sliwa is carrying Staten Island, the next closest is Queens (58% Adams to 38% Sliwa).