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

FOREST HILLS, 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 Forest Hills voters favor.

Kathryn Garcia is the most popular candidate in the neighborhood, winning just over 30 percent of first-choice votes. Andrew Yang is second at 20.4 percent, followed by Eric Adams at 17.1 percent. Maya Wiley is in fourth with 15.8 percent of the vote.

These totals show that Forest Hills residents' preferences for mayor differ from the rest of the city's.

Forest Hills mayoral race: unofficial first-choice results

Garcia, who was in third place citywide at 19.5 percent as of Thursday, performed the best in Forest Hills out of all of the Democratic candidates, coming in first-place.

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

As of Thursday, Adams, the Brooklyn Borough President, led the citywide race with about 32 percent of first-place votes, compared to his third-place showing in Forest Hills.

Wiley also performed better citywide compared to her ranking in Forest Hills: across the five boroughs she ranked second, with 22.2 percent of the vote, but in Forest Hills she came in fourth-place.

Yang's popularity in Forest Hills is not surprising since he had demonstrated support from the area leading up to the election: Out of the eight Democratic frontrunners, Yang raised the most money from the greatest number of Forest Hills residents, according to analysis by Patch.

Although Garcia didn’t fare as well as Yang in terms of monetary support from the neighborhood, her popularity aligns with overall voting trends in the area.

Compared to some other central Queens neighborhoods, Forest Hills is a moderate, Democratic area — an actual spot of blue in an otherwise red area of Queens, according to votes cast in the 2020 presidential election. Especially towards the end of the election cycle, Garcia asserted herself as a moderate frontrunner in the Democratic primary.

Also, Yang and Garcia’s cross endorsement in the days leading up to the election could have bolstered support for the two candidates — more voters who put Garcia first in Forest Hills put Yang or Wiley second than those who gave Adams their second-place vote, according to unofficial voting data.

Forest Hills’ 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 29 City Council primary, Lynn Schulman, an attorney who works at the City Council Office of the Speaker, maintained a narrow, early lead as the first-choice with 22 percent of the early vote. Aleda Gagarin trailed closely behind her with 20.6 percent of the vote.

The unofficial results from the mayoral race and city council contests consist only of the first-choice votes cast in Forest Hills 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 Forest Hills, Patch broke down Board of Elections data by Election District, including only the districts completely within the bounds of the neighborhood: between the Long Island Expressway and Union Turnpike to the north and south, and Yellowstone Boulevard (to 102 Street) and Grand Central Parkway to the east and west.