{"id":540461,"date":"2021-05-25T18:05:41","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T22:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=540461"},"modified":"2021-05-25T18:05:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T22:05:49","slug":"nyc-mayoral-candidate-soars-to-the-top-of-the-field-in-just-over-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-mayoral-candidate-soars-to-the-top-of-the-field-in-just-over-a-week\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Mayoral Candidate Soars To The Top Of The Field In Just Over A Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyc-mayoral-candidate-soars-to-the-top-of-the-field-in-just-over-a-week%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=540461&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former New York City Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia has skyrocketed to the top of the field of the city\u2019s mayoral contenders, a new poll released Tuesday shows.<\/p>\n<p>The Emerson College and PIX11 News survey shows Garcia leading with 21%, trailed closely by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams with 20% and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang at 16%. The poll\u2019s release is scheduled for 6 p.m., but was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/new-york\/city-hall\/story\/2021\/05\/25\/kathryn-garcia-leads-field-in-new-poll-4-weeks-ahead-of-election-day-1383927\">obtained by Politico<\/a> ahead of time.<\/p>\n<p>While New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer was fourth with 10%, no other candidate cleared single-digits. The poll comes just four weeks before the city\u2019s June 22 mayoral primary to replace term-limited Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/19\/giulianis-low-approval-rating-among-new-yorkers-still-beats-de-blasio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bill de Blasio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia, who has never held political office but has spent her career in the city\u2019s departments, was endorsed by editorial boards at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/05\/10\/opinion\/kathryn-garcia-nyt-endorsement-nyc-mayor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/opinion\/ny-edit-make-it-mayor-garcia-20210515-6d24nyce5zbj3mgynvosolqzza-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Daily News<\/a> this month.<\/p>\n<p>A<a href=\"https:\/\/emersonpolling.reportablenews.com\/pr\/nyc-mayoral-poll-adams-new-leader-in-nyc-mayor-race-as-field-remains-open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mid-May<\/a> Emerson poll, released before she received the coveted endorsements, showed Garcia at just 8% support. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/06\/andrew-yang-democratic-primary-new-york-city-mayor-eric-adams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Andrew Yang Slips In NYC Mayoral Poll)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7199933\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"34\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7199933\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7199933 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1231226539-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"The sun sets behind Brooklyn bridge and skyline of lower Manhattan on February 17, 2021 in New York City. (Anglea Weiss\/AFP via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1231226539-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1231226539-177x120.jpg 177w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1231226539-620x420-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1231226539-768x520-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1231226539-1536x1041-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1231226539-2048x1388-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7199933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sun sets behind Brooklyn bridge and skyline of lower Manhattan on February 17, 2021 in New York City. (Anglea Weiss\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Unlike New York City\u2019s previous mayoral elections, this one features <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/19\/alaska-ranked-choice-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ranked-choice voting<\/a>, where voters rank their preferred candidates instead of picking a single one. The new method, however, has confused pollsters who previously polled Democratic mayoral primaries, and led some to doubt the accuracy of the polls themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah. Gonna go ahead and take this one with a grain of salt. Since I got this text asking me to participate yesterday,\u201d Jon Paul Lupo, an advisor to mayoral candidate Maya Wiley, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jplupo\/status\/1397224816055365646?s=20\">tweeted<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>If Garcia wins the Democratic primary in June, she would enter the general election as a heavy favorite in the deep-blue city, setting her up to be the first female mayor in its history.<\/p>\n<p>The poll was conducted on Sunday and Monday among 570 voters.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former New York City Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia has skyrocketed to the top of the field of the city\u2019s mayoral contenders, a new poll released Tuesday shows.The Emerson College and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313017,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1231226539-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"NYC Mayoral Candidate Soars To The Top Of The Field In Just Over A Week","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-540461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1231226539-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"NYC Mayoral Candidate Soars To The Top Of The Field In Just Over A Week","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}