We Had Election Day, When’s Results Day?

Incredibly, with so much at stake, fewer than a fifth of New York City’s voters could be bothered to come out to cast ballots. But 944,197 voters did, about 200,000 more than eight years ago, the last time there was a mayoral primary.

One big change that is already certain is that the City Council will be a women’s club. Currently, women hold 14 of the council’s 51 seats; but with last Tuesday’s primary winners likely to take office, the council will have a female majority of 29. Let’s see what the women accomplish where the men could not.

Here are five takeaways from the primary election:

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The frum community did not have a good choice in this race

Frum voters had three items on the checklist for mayoral candidates: a mayor who will not tamper with religious rights and yeshivos; a mayor who deems public safety an essential service, not a competing value with “equity” or social justice; and a mayor who will work with business, not against them, as been the case for the past eight years.