From Brooklyn to the Bronx, voters across New York City trickled into polling sites on Tuesday, after a morning workout or during their lunch breaks, to cast ballots in races for City Council, district attorney and other local offices.
Turnout for the off-year races was expected to be low, but some council races had become heated, especially in pockets of the city where Republicans have made gains in traditionally Democratic districts in recent years. In interviews, voters in those districts talked about issues like crime, the cleanliness of the streets and the high cost of living.
Vivian Gemelos, 78, a Democrat who voted with her husband in Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge neighborhood, said her top concerns were the twin crises facing the city: homelessness and the influx of migrants that has topped 100,000 people this year.
“It’s a very noble thing to want to take everybody,” Ms. Gemelos said, “but we’re neglecting our own residents.”...more
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