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Former cop Eric Adams questions 'irregularities' in ranked-choice results after his lead is cut down to two points over Kathryn Garcia in NYC Mayoral race

NYC mayoral election frontrunner Eric Adams is questioning the ranked-choice results after his lead in the Democratic mayoral race primary has gone down to a mere two points over rival Katheryn Garcia.

After 11 rounds of ranked-choice vote tallying former cop and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams leads former Sanitation Commissioner Katheryn Garcia 51.1 percent to 48.9 percent, a mere 15,908 vote difference, without counting absentee ballots.  

So far 941,832 votes have been tallied and 124,000 absentee ballots remain to be counted. 

The first absentee ballots results are not expected to be tallied until July 6.  

Tuesday's results led to the elimination of AOC-backed liberal candidate Maya Wiley who fell to third place. 

Former cop and Brooklyn Borough president Eric Adams leads former Sanitation Commissioner Katheryn Garcia 51.1 percent to 48.9 percent, a mere 15,908 vote difference, without counting absentee ballots

Former cop and Brooklyn Borough president Eric Adams leads former Sanitation Commissioner Katheryn Garcia 51.1 percent to 48.9 percent, a mere 15,908 vote difference, without counting absentee ballots

Prior to Tuesdays ranked choice results, Adams had a convincing lead with 31.7 percent of first place votes. 

Adams questioned the initial ranked choice voting results, which he said had 'irregularities.' 

'The vote total just released by the Board of Elections is 100,000-plus more than the total announced on election night, raising serious questions,' he said in a statement on Tuesday.  'We have asked the Board of Elections to explain such a massive increase and other irregularities before we comment on the Ranked Choice Voting  projection.'

His lead led former candidate Andrew Yang, who was once a favorite to win, to declare 'It's almost mathematically impossible for Eric Adams not to win,' on Monday, before the voting numbers were released. 

'I think that there are going to be people who have different candidates in different orders such that it's almost mathematically impossible for Eric Adams not to win, based upon the lead that he has,' Yang said on the latest episode of his podcast Yang Speaks, released yesterday. 

'Based on the numbers, it seemed like a near certainty that Eric Adams will be the Democratic nominee,' Yang said. 

Adams has not declared victory but said the early lead was encouraging.

'If the Democratic Party fails to recognize what we did here in New York, they're going to have a problem in the midterm elections, and they're going to have a problem in the presidential election,' Adams said at a press conference on Thursday.   

Adams, a former NYPD officer, has vowed to bring back the controversial stop-and-frisk searches that were axed because they gave way to racial profiling. He also wants to reinstate the anti-crime unit that was disbanded last year at the height of the BLM movement. 

Wiley, a former de Blasio administration official, was endorsed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Elizabeth Warren.

She ran on a 'defund the police' platform and promised voters a city-wide affordable healthcare plan in New York City and ran on a plan to build more affordable housing and more schools. 

Adams (pictured) a former NYPD officer, has vowed to bring back the controversial stop-and-frisk searches that were axed because they gave way to racial profiling.

Adams a former NYPD officer, has vowed to bring back the controversial stop-and-frisk searches that were axed because they gave way to racial profiling.

Katheryn Garcia (pictured) the former sanitation commissioner promised to raise age of police recruitment from 21 to 25 and to make NYC rely fully on renewable energy

Katheryn Garcia the former sanitation commissioner promised to raise age of police recruitment from 21 to 25 and to make NYC rely fully on renewable energy

During the final debate between the candidates, Wiley said she did not think more police were needed on the subway, where crime is escalating.  

Garcia, who was endorsed by the New York Times held on to a third place ranking. The former sanitation commissioner promised to raise age of police recruitment from 21 to 25 and to make NYC rely fully on renewable energy. 

New York City's new ranked-choice voting process kicked in after no candidate secured more than 50 per cent of first-choice votes from those who headed to the polls last Tuesday or cast their ballot in the early voting period.

Voters can rank up to five candidates in the mayor's race, with the Democratic nominee now set to be decided through an elimination process that begins today.

The candidate with the fewest votes is knocked out and the second choices marked on the ballots cast for that candidate are then distributed among the remaining hopefuls.

This repeats until one candidate has a simple majority. Absentee ballots - excluded from earlier counts - are then added and a new set of eliminations begins to reveal the true winner.

The process could take weeks. A fresh round of results is expected on July 6, with a more complete set expected to follow the week after.

The winning Democratic candidate is widely expected to win the mayor's race and will face off against Republic candidate Curtis Sliwa, the founder of the Guardian Angels vigilante group.

Sliwa, 67, defeated Fernando Mateo to win Tuesday's primary with an overwhelming 72 percent to Mateo's 28.

The final election will be held in November, and will see the winner replace current two-term incumbent Bill de Blasio.  

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