NY 71st Assembly District Election Results: Race Not Called

HARLEM-WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — New Yorkers took to the polls Tuesday amid a global pandemic to vote in primary elections for the presidential nomination and local representatives for the U.S. Congress and the New York State Senate and State Assembly.

Update 11 p.m.: Winners in Democratic primary elections for Congress, State Senate or State Assembly were not declared by the Associated Press or NY1 by 11 p.m. Tuesday night. Vote totals reported on election day may not provide an accurate count due to the large numbers of outstanding absentee ballots, many of which were still being submitted as of Tuesday. Executive orders passed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo allow all New Yorkers to vote by absentee ballot amid the coronavirus crisis.

New Yorkers ran into issues while trying to vote in person on Tuesday. Snaking lines, broken scanners and missing absentee ballots made it hard for the city's residents to have their votes counted.

Polls are slated to close at 9 p.m. but results could take hours, or days, to come in as the Board of Election grapples with difficulties linked to safety measures made necessary by the novel coronavirus pandemic. An executive order passed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo offered all state residents the ability to vote by absentee ballot and extended the deadline for absentee voting to election day.

Patch will update you here on results as they come in, so keep checking back to see who's claimed the race in your district.

Incumbent Al Taylor is running for reelection in New York's 71st State Assembly District, which covers the northern end of Harlem and parts of Washington Heights. Taylor won the seat in a 2017 special election following the retirement of longtime representative Denny Farrell. Taylor had served as Farrell's chief of staff in the legislature. Taylor is being challenged by Guillermo A. Perez.

For results in all New York City primary elections, click here.