We asked notable New Yorkers — including John Catsimatidis, Cat Marnell, and Chelsea Manning — to share their ranked-choice ballots and the thinking that went into them
Graphic: by Curbed Picking who to vote for in an election with a crowded field, numerous scandals, and New York City’s recovery at stake is already a difficult task — but picking five candidates? In the upcoming mayoral primary, voters are being asked to do just that as ranked-choice voting makes its citywide electoral debut.
“My hope is that my candidate, Eric Adams, exceeds the ‘50 percent plus one’ threshold so that we don’t have to worry about ranked-choice voting. I’ve known Eric for almost 20 years. He’s demonstrated strong leadership, unwavering support, and he just gets it. He was raised in southeast Queens, where I’m from, and he understands the outer-boroughs. I haven’t gotten to five candidates, and I don’t know if I will. Beyond Eric, my No. 2 is looking like it will be Ray McGuire.
“I have Eric Adams down, because while he’s not my first choice, I think he’s a good contender. I think he would bring something to the table. And finally I put down Ray McGuire as No. 5, but I’m still trying to figure out what he stands for. I heard him say that he would like to bring the city back by lifting up small businesses, women, and people of color, and I know he knows what suffering is when it comes to minority people, being somebody who grew up in a house with a single mom.
“With the rapid changes in the mayoral election, I have decided that I’m going to rank Scott Stringer and explicitly not rank Andrew Yang or Eric Adams — and the same with Kathryn Garcia. I do take the allegations that came up against Stringer very seriously. But thinking tactically and thinking strategically, I think that having Andrew Yang or having Kathryn Garcia or having Eric Adams would essentially be going back to something that is less progressive than even de Blasio.
Graphic: by Curbed “On the Republican side, I’m picking Curtis Sliwa. He works for WABC, one of my companies. I’ve known and supported him for 30 years. The No. 1 thing is, Who is going to keep New York safe? Curtis stands for law and order. There’s only two candidates, so I guess you could write Mateo in for the second vote, but does it really matter?
Graphic: by Curbed “Garcia is by far the most qualified candidate and the person I trust most to be the next mayor. My somewhat controversial third pick is Yang because he has no choice but to bring in experts. Given the absurdity of ranked-choice voting, I want to write in candidates for my four and five slots: Christine Quinn, the former City Council speaker, who ran for mayor eight years ago, is No. 4. Then State Senator Diane Savino from Staten Island is No. 5.
Graphic: by Curbed “Maya Wiley, because she’s committed to racial and economic justice and is an eloquent leader who will have a steep curve but could be a strong leader of NYC in a troubled time. Scott Stringer, because he is the progressive who could truly start day one who has a strong progressive vision and a track record. Kathryn Garcia, because she is about “making competence great again” . Might select Shaun Donovan as fourth to fill out more of the five slots.
Graphic: by Curbed “It’s very unfortunate what has happened to Morales’s campaign. I have a tremendous amount of respect for her, but I certainly think she should be negotiating in good faith. Union-busting allegations aside, I have not seen any mayoral candidate who has centered the issues around queer people of color in this city the way Morales has. That’s important for me. She would have been my No. 1 pick had those allegations not come up.
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