Voters across the city are casted their ballots Thursday in more than a dozen New York state primaries, highlighted by Cynthia Nixon's clash with two-term Gov. Andrew Cuomo and a tight Democratic primary between four state attorney general candidates.
Voters registered were able to cast their ballot until 9 p.m., when the polls closed.
Cuomo is hoping to fend off progressive challenger Nixon. Cuomo was joined by girlfriend Sandra Lee at a polling site in Mt. Kisco, N.Y. earlier in the day, while Nixon voted at a senior housing complex on East 5th St. in the East Village.
"I'm not sure what's happening other than that there have been a number of egregious scandals that have broken, that were self-inflicted wounds by the governor in the last week, and I think they're trying to keep him away from the press, which is surprising so close to an election and on election day itself, but it's certainly nothing new for the Cuomo administration," Nixon told reporters.
A Siena College poll from earlier this week has Nixon down about 40 percentage points, 63 percent to 22 percent.
The governor had a slew of bad press over the past week, with the Mario Cuomo Bridge not opening on time and then the delivery of a mailer that was sent to voters on behalf of the state Democratic Party -- which Cuomo controls -- that accused Nixon of being anti-Semitic. The Cuomo campaign has denied being behind the mailer.
In the lieutenant governor's race, Brooklyn City Councilman Jumaane Williams is looking to unseat incumbent Kathy Hochul. The lieutenant governor takes over if the governor cannot serve out a term.
But it's the race for state attorney general that may be the most hotly contested. New York City Public Advocate Letitia James, Hudson Valley Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, Verizon lobbyist Leecia Eve, and Fordham law professor Zephyr Teachout are running, mostly portraying themselves as the best candidate to be a legal check on President Donald Trump. James, Maloney, and Teachout, according to the Siena College poll, are within striking distance of each other at the top of the poll, although a large percentage of voters polled said they were undecided on who they would vote for.
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