Here's Who Crown, Prospect Heights Is Supporting For NYC Mayor

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — A new interactive map gives a glimpse into who New Yorkers are supporting in the crowded race for the city's next mayor — with their wallets, that is.

The map — published by the City University's Center for Urban Research and the city's Campaign Finance Board — uses financial data for a ZIP code and candidate-level breakdown of campaign donations in the 2021 elections.

In the race for the highest office in New York City, it shows where money in the multi-million race is coming from and key information about where top candidates have found their base.

Crown Heights and Prospect Heights residents have so far poured roughly $138,000 into the mayoral race, according to totals for Crown Heights North, Crown Heights South and Prospect Heights neighborhood boundaries designated by the map.

Unsurprisingly, nearly half of those donations have gone to Brooklyn's own Borough President Eric Adams, who hails from nearby Brownsville and represented Central Brooklyn's 20th District in the state senate before becoming the borough's leader.

About 284 Crown and Prospect Heights residents donated just over $52,000 to the borough president's campaign.

The support is part of what political analysts have pointed to in naming Adams as one of the frontrunners in the mayoral race. Politico concluded that Adams "has gained the most financial support from the broadest swath of New Yorkers," according to the map.

His support also includes key voting blocs in Queens and southern Brooklyn, the analysts said.
Another frontrunner across the five boroughs is Comptroller Scott Stringer, though his base is largely in Manhattan. In Crown and Prospect Heights, he gained about $12,000 of support.

The top candidates in Central Brooklyn also vary slightly by neighborhood.

Former Mayor Bill de Blasio aide Maya Wiley, for one, has gained more than double the funds from Prospect Heights as she has in all of nearby Crown Heights, while top Crown Heights candidate Raymond McGuire got minimal donations from Prospect Heights.

Here's a look at the top candidates in terms of funding for the two neighborhoods:

Crown Heights:

• Eric Adams
  • 225 donations totaling $38,087

• Raymond McGuire
  • 10 donations totaling $8,225

• Dianne Morales
• 110 donations totaling $6,768

Prospect Heights:

• Eric Adams
  • 59 donations totaling $14,385

• Maya Wiley
  • 137 donations totaling $11,386

• Shaun Donovan
  
  • 36 donations totaling $8,590

While Central Brooklyn was in one of the top tiers as far as the amount of money it has given to candidates so far, the neighborhoods are outpaced by several brownstone Brooklyn and Manhattan spots where residents gave hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The Upper West Side's 10023 ZIP code covering the Lincoln Square area has raised $542,300, the most money for the mayor's race of any ZIP code in the five boroughs.

On the other side of the spectrum, residents in ZIP codes like 11428 in Queens Village and 10455 in the South Bronx have donated less than $400.

You can look at the interactive maps here.