Polls are open and Election Day is underway in New York City.
All 51 seats in the City Council are up for reelection, and district attorney races are also on the ballot in three boroughs – though a number of races will feature candidates who are running unopposed.
Polls are open until 9 p.m.
Here’s what you need to know.
VOTING NUMBERS
A total of 444,511 New Yorkers voted in this year’s general election as of 6 p.m., according to the city’s Board of Elections.
Brooklyn had the highest number of votes with 140,629, followed by Queens with 117,747, Manhattan with 110,859, the Bronx with 49,849 and Staten Island with 25,427.
RACES TO WATCH
City Council District 47: Two current councilmembers — Justin Brannan and Ari Kagan — are running against one another after redistricting drew them into the same district. The district covers Bay Ridge, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights and parts of Bensonhurst.
City Council District 19: Republican Vickie Paladino is squaring off against Democrat Tony Avella, who she beat by less than 400 votes two years ago. The district covers Auburndale, College Point, Whitestone, Bay Terrace and Beechhurst, as well as parts of Flushing, Bayside and Douglaston–Little Neck.
City Council District 43: Three candidates — Democrat Susan Zhuang, Republican Ying Tan and Conservative Party candidate Vito LaBella — are vying for an open seat in a district that includes parts of Sunset Park, Bensonhurst and Gravesend.
City Council District 13: Democrat Marjorie Velázquez is facing a challenge from Republican Kristy Marmorato in a district that covers Throggs Neck, Pelham Parkway, Morris Park, Pelham Bay, Pelham Gardens, Schuylerville, Country Club, Locust Point and Westchester Square, including parts of Allerton and Van Nest.
City Council District 9: Yusef Salaam, one of the exonerated “Central Park Five” members, is poised to win the Harlem seat, as he is running unopposed. In the June primary, he defeated two sitting incumbent assemblymembers for the Democratic nomination.
District attorney races: Queens DA Melinda Katz is facing a Republican challengerMichael Mossa. Two other district attorneys — Bronx DA Darcel Clark and Staten Island DA Michael McMahon — are running unopposed.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
There are two New York state constitutional amendments on the ballot this year.
The first proposed amendment would remove the borrowing limit for school districts in small cities, which is defined as those with less than 125,000 residents.
The second proposed amendment would continue to exempt sewage projects from the debt limits that apply to local governments.
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