Democracy will be hot.
Thousands of New Yorkers are set to head to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in the hotly-contested mayoral primary election — but it’ll be another week before voters learn who will be the Democratic nominee.
Polls citywide are set to open at 6 a.m., with the temperatures reaching a sweltering 102 degrees before voting ends at 9 p.m. in what is shaping up to be the hottest day of a heat wave.
A staggering 400,000 New Yorkers already cast their ballots during the early voting period of June 14-22.
But the winner of the ranked-choice mayoral primary contest — pitting former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani — won’t be announced until July 1, the city Board of Elections has said.
