Here's How Astoria Voted For Mayor Of NYC — So Far

ASTORIA, 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 Astoria voters favor.

Maya Wiley is the most popular candidate in the neighborhood, winning 37.7 percent of first-choice votes. Kathryn Garcia is second at 22.2 percent, followed by Eric Adams at 13.8 percent. Andrew Yang is in fourth with just over 10 percent of the vote.

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

Astoria 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 Astoria.

Garcia, who was in third place citywide at 19.5 percent as of Thursday, did better in Astoria, 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 Astoria, 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 Astoria 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 the area.

Garcia and Adams’ popularity follows suit: Leading up to the election, Garcia asserted herself as a moderate frontrunner in the Democratic primary. She also received a second-place endorsement from Astoria’s former City Council Member Costa Constantinides, who praised her progressive climate policy.

Garcia’s relative popularity in Astoria 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 Astoria comes from the three voting districts that encompass the Astoria Houses — a public housing project, which is disproportionately populated by people of color.

Nearly 50 percent — or more — of all in-person voters in the Astoria Houses three voting districts ranked Adams first, demonstrating the stronghold he has among voters of color, especially those in Queens (the same pattern played out in Long Island City at the Queensbridge Houses).

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.

Astoria's city council race: unofficial first-choice results

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

Tiffany Cabán, who is leading the early results in the District 22 City Council primary, declared her victory in the race on Tuesday night. As of Thursday, Cabán maintained her first-choice, in-person vote count lead with 49.3 percent of the votes, followed by Evie Hantzopoulos at 26.2 percent.

Winning Astoria's city council seat would be Cabán's first successful bid at an elected position in the borough — in 2019 the public defender and national political organizer narrowly lost the 2019 Queens District Attorney race.

The unofficial results from the mayoral race and city council contests consist only of the first-choice votes cast in Astoria 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 Astoria, 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 Northern Boulevard (to 36th Avenue) to the north and south, and the East River and 49th Street to the east and west.