Here's How The Upper East Side Voted For Mayor — So Far

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Many votes are left to be counted in the city's mayoral primary, but unofficial results from this week's election give a strong sense of which candidates were favored by Upper East Side voters.

With virtually all in-person votes counted, Kathryn Garcia emerged as the strongest candidate by far in the neighborhood, winning about 41.3 percent of first-choice votes. Maya Wiley and Eric Adams were a distant second and third, at about 15.7 and 15.1 percent, respectively.

These unofficial results consist only of the first-choice votes cast on the Upper East Side 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.

Still, the totals show that the Upper East Side's preferences differ significantly from the rest of the city's. Adams, the Brooklyn Borough President, led the citywide race with about 32 percent of first-place votes as of Wednesday, compared to his third-place showing on the East Side. Garcia was in third citywide at 19.5 percent, with Maya Wiley in second at 22.2 percent.

To find results on the Upper East Side, Patch broke down Board of Elections data by Election District, counting only the districts between East 59th and 96th streets — plus Roosevelt Island.

Garcia did well across wealthier, whiter parts of the city, including the Upper West Side, Midtown, the West Village and Brooklyn Heights. Adams, meanwhile, drew much of his support from lower-income, outer-borough neighborhoods, while Wiley won support in left-leaning, gentrifying areas like Astoria, Queens and Greenpoint and Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

The mayor's race was far from the only important contest playing out in the neighborhood. In the District 5 City Council primary, Julie Menin led the seven-way race with 33.9 percent of first-choice votes as of Wednesday, with Tricia Shimamura in second at 23.4 percent. That race, like others, could be reshaped by the ranked-choice calculation.

Lander leads comptroller's race on UES

The other major citywide race is the contest for City Comptroller, where the two frontrunners included Council Speaker Corey Johnson and Brooklyn Councilmember Brad Lander. In the citywide first-choice tally, Lander led Johnson by about 9 percentage points.

On the Upper East Side, the early results are more lopsided in Lander's favor. He led the neighborhood with about 37 percent of first-choice votes, compared to Johnson's 19.9 percent.

The next major update in the vote-counting will come on Tuesday, June 29, when the Board of Elections will release ranked-choice tabulations for all in-person votes. Absentee ballots will not be counted until July.

More Upper East Side election coverage:

• Upper East Side's District 5 Council Race: Menin Leads So Far
• Who Are Upper East Siders Supporting In The Race For Mayor?
• Where Upper East Siders Are Donating The Most To Candidates