Last week, the New York City Charter Review Commission announced that it was considering a “ top-two ” system for mayoral elections, whereby the two candidates receiving the most votes in an ...

New York City Democrats will choose their nominee for mayor in next week’s primary election. The city uses ranked choice voting, allowing voters to select up to five candidates in order of ...

Some critics say ranked-choice voting has made the city’s elections worse. But the generally friendly, policy-focused Democratic race for mayor is showing why more cities are adopting the format.

Winning New York City’s Democratic primary is almost always a ticket to City Hall in a city that’s about two-thirds registered Democrats. How Cuomo vs. Mamdani shows ranked choice voting ...

A panel created by Mayor Eric Adams wants to consider using an “open primary” system for elections in New York City. Here’s how the plan would work.

New York mayoral candidate, State Rep. Zohran Mamdani speaking to supporters in New York, June 25, 2025 and New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo speaking to supporters, June 24, 2025.

In November 2019, New York City voters adopted RCV for closed party primaries. The goal was to select the nominee who best unifies a party’s primary electorate. Democratic voters first used the system ...

New York City already boasts one of the most diverse populations in the country. Meanwhile, student performance in core subjects continues to falter, and chronic absenteeism nears 40 percent.