City Comptroller Scott Stringer says he's heard enough complaints to announce that he will be auditing the city's Board of Elections.
Stringer's office says a red flag was raised after learning that more than 125,000 Brooklyn voters were removed from voter rolls, reports that were confirmed by the Board of Elections.
Officials say blocks and buildings were purged from voting records, and that some people reported having trouble getting into polling sites.
The city comptroller says his audit will look into the board's management and operations.
In a statement, Stringer said, "The people of New York City have lost confidence that the Board of Elections can effectively administer elections and we intend to find out why the BOE is so consistently disorganized, chaotic and inefficient."
The Board of Elections, however, is singing a different tune.
"The voting process has been running very smoothly today. We have not encountered mass problems throughout the city. We're not finding the problems that are being reported. And what I would like to say on behalf of my agency, that democracy in the city of New York not only survived today, it thrived today," said Michael Ryan, executive director of the city's Board of Elections.
Mayor Bill de Blasio released a statement in support of Stringer's audit, also calling for reforms, both at the board and in the state laws that govern it.
The mayor says he wants the errors to be fixed before the next elections in June.