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It’s Tuesday.
Weather: Watch out for showers and thunderstorms most of the day. The temperature will fall from the mid-70s in the morning to the mid-60s by evening.
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Alternate-side parking: In effect until July 4 (Independence Day).
At long last, after months of campaigning, Primary Day has arrived.
After slow and steady turnout during the early-voting periods, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are expected to make their way to polling places and fill out ballots in a number of citywide contests.
The most consequential is a hotly contested primary for mayor in which 13 Democratic candidates are seeking to become the party’s nominee.
In left-leaning New York, the winner of the Democratic primary is all but guaranteed to be the city’s next mayor. We have been covering the race for months, but since today’s the big day, here’s a quick primer on the voting process.
[Here’s what you should know about casting your ballot if you are heading to the polls on Tuesday. And here’s why it might be a while until we find out the results.]
How do I vote?
The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. You can check your voter registration here and look up your polling place on the Board of Elections website.
If past elections are any indicator, lines at the polls may be long. With a number of contests, many of them using ranked-choice voting, it may take some voters longer to fill out the ballot than in years past.
In addition to the mayoral race, there will be primaries on the ballot for comptroller, public advocate, district attorney, City Council, borough president and judges or judicial delegates.
The races that appear on the ballot will vary based on where you live. The Board of Elections allows you to look up a sample ballot for your district online.
How does ranked-choice voting work?
New York City has introduced a ranked-choice voting system for all citywide primary races and special elections. (The Democratic primary for Manhattan district attorney, one of the most high-profile races, will not use it, because district attorney is a state office.)
The ballot will look different than it did in past years. Instead of simply picking one favorite candidate, voters choose up to five, ranking them in order of preference.
The rankings come into play if no one candidate has more than 50 percent of the first-choice votes after the initial tally.
From The Times
Rancor Between Adams and Yang Marks End of Bruising Mayoral Campaign
Here’s How New Yorkers Feel About Ranked-Choice Voting
Trump Sues N.Y.C. for Ending Golf Course Contract After Capitol Riot
‘In the Heights’ and Colorism: What Is Lost When Afro-Latinos Are Erased
Want more news? Check out our full coverage.
The Mini Crossword: Here is today’s puzzle.
What we’re reading
Outdoor seating at restaurants that blocks bus lanes creates obstacles for drivers, their union says. [The City]
On Pride weekend, the owners of the Stonewall Inn will ban certain beers in protest of Anheuser-Busch’s donations to some politicians who supported legislation considered anti-L.G.B.T.Q. [Associated Press]
Commuters and neighbors alike can weigh in on the plans for the new Port Authority bus terminal during public hearings this week. [Gothamist]
And finally: On the Little Island, a not-so-little performance
The Times’s Julia Jacobs writes:
The timing could not have been better.
After the pandemic drove New Yorkers outdoors for everything from dining to haircuts, a 687-seat al fresco amphitheater opened for its first ticketed shows over the weekend on Little Island, the new oasis on the Hudson River, offering a new place for those tentatively re-emerging into crowds again to gather for open-air performances.
The amphitheater opened with an emotionally rousing performance by Broadway Inspirational Voices, a professional choir run by Michael McElroy that is made up of chorus members who sang in Broadway musicals like “Ain’t Too Proud” and “The Lion King” before their theaters were shut down and they were thrust into unemployment.
Some audience members cheered and some wept at the return of sights and sounds that had been in short supply during the many months of strict limitations. Hundreds of people piled into the curved wooden benches of the sleek new amphitheater, few of them masked, watching the sun set over the Hudson as a choir belted out “A Whole New World” from “Aladdin.”
“This is the first time that I’ve been here, and I’m overwhelmed,” said Barry Diller, the mega-mogul who paid for Little Island, before entering the amphitheater for Sunday’s performance.
It’s Tuesday — listen up.
Metropolitan Diary: ‘In a Sentimental Mood’
Dear Diary:
On a warm summer evening out in the East Village, I found myself more charmed by the playful soul of the street corner jazz band than by the date who was sitting across from me.
Two tequila shots later, my body found its way closer to the music. I thanked the two musicians for lighting up my evening. And with tipsy confidence, I introduced myself as a would-be singer.
“Do you know ‘In a Sentimental Mood?’” the piano player asked.
“Duke Ellington, yes,” I said. “Sung by Ella Fitzgerald, no. But I’ll learn it. And come back next week.”
He chuckled as his fingers danced over the keyboard.
“You’ve got a deal,” he said.
— Polly Fong
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