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Not only was i a law enforcement officer. i was beat and abused by police officers, but i went inland side and i pushed for reform and change. i know there are those who feel this is not the moment we should come together, but i dont believe that, and countless number of new yorkers and americans have proved just the opposite. it is time for us to come together. >> during the counting process, you sued the board of elections after they miss counted about 135,000 ballots that were test ballots. a...

A ton of problems, right? >> yeah, i would say so. you can remember we had election day. then june 29th, which was last tuesday, you were supposed to get those rank choice results but they released them with test ballots included. so we had to wait an extra day to finally get those corrected rank choice without absentees. then yesterday, the new york city board of elections promised these rank choice with absentees close to brunch time but released in early evening. im not much of a brunch eater...

But instead we obviously ended up getting these about 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. tonight. that is a head scratcher here. to be fair, they did say because of that issue that popped up last week, they had another layer of counting, but at the same time they attempted to downplay what happened when they accidentally counted 135,000 test ballots saying it was a catch-22, laura. new yorkers, i dont know if theyll buy that. >> im wondering, has the person who came in second so far, garcia, has she conceded? >>...

Downplay what happened when they accidentally counted 135,000 test ballots saying it was a catch-22, laura. new yorkers, i dont know if theyll buy that. >> im wondering, has the person who came in second so far, garcia, has she conceded? >> no concession as of this point. shes only put out a statement saying she plans to share some remarks tomorrow at central park rgs park, again, at that particular location that certainly has a message in itself. >> thank you, polo. actress howard university ...

After lunch? you seem to indicate its after. i dont know. can you walk us through in laymans terms this saga? its been bungled from the beginning, hasnt it? they miscounted votes. >> yeah. i have no idea when brunch is. i will eat dinner. thats going to be my one meal of the day. and i ordered it. its terpin chicken. i hope it arrives soon. we had election day on june 22. i remember it. i believe i was on your program with the former speaker of the city council christine quinn. then what happens...

The instant air purifier removes 99.9% of the virus that causes covid-19 from treated air. so you can breathe easier, knowing that you and your family have added protection. ♪ ♪ new york city officials are set to release a new batch of results in the mayoral primary sometime today. the board of elections tweeting this morning that the results would come at brunch special as opposed to club hours, whatever that means. the new batch of results comes after a snafu last week where 135,000 test...

>> erroll, for a moment lets get local and talk about elections in new york city. the board of elections in new york city under fire for screwing up tabulations of the mayors race. they accidentally counted test ballots. maintaining public trust in elections is such an important goal right now. what kind of accountability would you like to see this board face? >> reporter: i think theres going to be a dialogue and a debate here in new york about whether we can afford to have the antiquated struc...

They forgot to take out the test ballots. brian: they are still not done counting the votes on the democratic primary. is this embarrassment, its been over a week. >> i think justice breyer doesnt want to see the court politicized and im relieved the people who are having sameful forcing his hand or attempting to arent going to be rewarded with the seat to fill in the supreme court. its disgraceful to have this kind of pressure put on a supreme court justice for purely partisan reasons of trying...

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♪ she did. take this. we, maybe, have an idea, maybe, of who leads new york city democratic mayoral primary. maybe. the new york city board of elections, pushing an updated set of rank-choice voting results after -- publishing, i should say -- after retracting numbers posted last night, that included about 135,000 erroneous test ballots and no absentee ballots. the updated results show brooklyn borough president, eric