Here's How Long Island City Voted For Mayor Of NYC — So Far

LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS — The only votes that have been counted in the city's mayoral primary so far are in-person voters' first-ranked picks, but these unofficial results still give a strong sense of which candidates Long Island City voters favor.

Maya Wiley is the most popular candidate in the neighborhood, winning 27.7 percent of first-choice votes. Kathryn Garcia is a close second at 24.6 percent, followed by Eric Adams at 19.1 percent. Andrew Yang is in fourth with 13.8 percent of the vote.

These totals show that Long Island City residents' preferences for mayor differ from the rest of the city's, with a greater percentage of voters in the area favoring progressive candidates.

Long Island City mayoral race: unofficial first-choice results

The most popular candidate in the neighborhood is Wiley, who, as of Thursday, ranked second citywide, with 22.2 percent of the vote, but came in first-place in Long Island City.

Garcia, who was in third place citywide at 19.5 percent as of Thursday, did better in Long Island City, coming in second-place.

Although Adams, the Brooklyn Borough President, led the citywide race with about 32 percent of first-place votes, he received a much lower percentage of first-place votes in Long Island City, coming in third-place in the neighborhood overall.

The fourth most popular candidate in the neighborhood is Yang, who conceded the Democratic primary on Tuesday night, after Election Night polling showed him polling with about 11.7 percent of the vote.

Wiley's popularity in the left-leaning neighborhood of Long Island City is not surprising, since she is seen as the race's progressive frontrunner, and earned a key endorsement from Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who represents parts of northwestern Queens.

Garcia's popularity follows suit: Leading up to the election, Garcia asserted herself as a moderate frontrunner in the Democratic primary. In northwestern Queens, Garcia came in second-place among Astoria and Long Island City voters' first-ranked picks, but the percentage of voters who ranked her first in Long Island City is higher — plus, she's only 3 percentage points behind Wiley in the neighborhood.

Garcia's relative popularity in Long Island City is especially stark in comparison to Adams, who leading up to the election touted his past endorsements from law-enforcement unions to the chagrin of more progressive candidates — Wiley included.

Adams' most concentrated show of support in Long Island City comes from the six voting districts that encompass the Queensbridge Houses — the nation's largest public housing project, which is disproportionately populated by people of color.

Nearly 50 percent — or more — of all in-person voters in Queensbridge's six voting districts ranked Adams first, demonstrating the stronghold he has among voters of color, especially those in Queens. Voters across the borough's southeastern neighborhoods, which are overwhelmingly populated by people of color, turned out to rank Adams number one, according to unofficial first-choice results.

Long Island City's city council race: unofficial first-choice results

The mayor's race is far from the only important contest playing out in the neighborhood.

In the District 26 City Council primary, Julie Won, a digital strategy consultant and Community Board 2 member, has taken an early lead as the first-choice among in-person voters. As of Thursday, Won led the early results with 18.4 percent of the vote, trailed closely by Amit Singh Bagga at 17.6 percent.

The unofficial results from the mayoral race and city council contests consist only of the first-choice votes cast in Long Island City during early voting and on Tuesday.

The shape of the race could change significantly once absentee ballots are counted and voters' second through fifth choices are factored into the ranked-choice tabulation: a process that will last into mid-July.

To find results in Long Island City, Patch broke down Board of Elections data by Election District, including only the districts completely within the bounds of the neighborhood: between the East River (and 36th Avenue) and Newton Creek to the north and south, and the East River and 39th Street to the east and west.