NY 73rd Assembly District Election Results: Race Not Called

UPPER EAST SIDE, 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 Dan Quart is defending his seat against young challenger Cameron Koffman. Quart has represented the district since winning a 2011 special election to succeed former Assemblymember Jonathan Bing. The longtime lawmaker and legal aid lawyer is also running for Manhattan District Attorney in 2021.

Koffman, a recent Yale University graduate and a descendant of the LeFrak real estate fortune, could become one of the youngest members ever elected to New York's State Assembly. The young challenger's undergraduate studies were the subject of a legal challenge filed by Quart's campaign to have Koffman kicked off the ballot. Quart's lawyers argued Koffman doesn't meet New York's residency requirements for elected officials because he registered to vote in Connecticut, but New York's highest court ruled in favor of Koffman.

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