N.Y.C. Mayorâs Race Remains Tight With Adams Leading in Revised Tally Eric Adams kept his lead in a new tally of ranked-choice preferences, after the Board of Elections scrapped the results of an earlier count. Kathryn Garcia, a former sanitation commissioner, moved up to second place after the initial ranked-choice tally.Credit...Desiree Rios for The New York Times June 30, 2021 A day after New York Cityâs Board of Elections sowed confusion in the Democratic mayoral primary by releasing new tallies and then retracting them, it issued a new preliminary tally of votes suggesting that the race between Eric Adams, the primary night leader, and his two closest rivals had tightened significantly.