‘It’s Exciting!’: New Yorkers Cast Ballots With Hopes of a New City for All Share this story Hiram Alejandro Durán/THE CITY As New Yorkers voted on Primary Day, many said they were struggling to adjust — to a lot of things. While more than 190,000 New Yorkers cast ballots during the early-voting period that began June 12, the unusual timing of the election — in June, rather than the traditional September — paired with the debut of ranked choice voting introduced some new wrinkles. So did an unusually crowded field of candidates seeking seats from City Hall to City Council. THE CITY fanned out across the five boroughs on a rainy Tuesday to talk to New Yorkers weary after an intense and confusing campaign season conducted in the middle of a pandemic. But all were united by a determination to cast their vote for a better future.