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NYC Mayor’s Race Could Pit Ex-Cop Against Pretend Cop

DECISION TIME
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The former cop was ready to call himself New York’s next mayor, but a new ranked choice system means the counting will take weeks and almost nothing is certain.

With all the ballots cast and primary election day over, New Yorkers won’t know for certain who their next mayor will be for at least a week, when absentee ballots are finally collected and opened—and when the city’s new ranked choice system comes into play as votes are counted and...

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