Good evening, New York City. We're wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know for tonight and tomorrow, as well as your weather outlook.
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A few spotty thunderstorms could linger tonight, otherwise it’ll remain warm and muggy into the early morning hours. More showers and thunderstorms will develop tomorrow afternoon. Some of that rain could be very heavy at times.
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Today's Big Stories
After botching the preliminary count of ranked-choice votes, the New York City Board of Elections released a new tally early Wednesday evening that shows Eric Adams still with a slim lead in the Democratic primary for mayor.
The numbers, which the board released shortly before 6 p.m., show Adams with 51.1%, followed by Kathryn Garcia with 48.9%, roughly the same tally from Tuesday. Garcia edges out Maya Wiley by only 347 votes to get into second place.
With more than 120,000 absentee ballots to count, it's now a tight three-way race among Adams, Garcia and Wiley.
2. The City: City election officials have history of mess-ups
From our editorial partner The City: The Board of Elections has long been a source of municipal embarrassment. A throwback to the days when political parties had total control of New York City’s government, the board has again and again dropped the ball at exactly the wrong time.
In the last decade, the BOE has been cited for everything from rampant nepotism to allowing ineligible voters to cast ballots to mailing out absentee ballots with the wrong names on return envelopes.
3. Mayor urges New Yorkers to limit power usage as some areas see outages
Mayor Bill de Blasio asked New Yorkers Wednesday to limit power usage as the intense heat wave continued.
The mayor said the city was seeing a number of localized outages across the five boroughs, including in Williamsburg, where 1,700 customers were without power Wednesday afternoon. Across the city, Con Edision reported 3,400 Con Edison customers without electricity.
4. City budget funnels stimulus dollars to new programs and ‘rainy day’ fund
Increased spending on students. New funding for LGBTQ equity programs. Restoring pandemic-era cuts to cultural institutions and libraries. And another $500 million invested in the city’s new “rainy day” emergency fund.
Those are some of the initiatives that city leaders touted at a news conference Wednesday morning in announcing a $98.7 billion budget deal for the fiscal year beginning Thursday.
The City Council passed the budget this afternoon.
5. Charges expected Thursday for Trump Organization, top executive
Donald Trump’s company and his longtime finance chief are expected to be charged Thursday with tax-related crimes stemming from a New York investigation into the former president’s business dealings, people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
6. Bill Cosby released from prison after court overturns sex assault conviction
Bill Cosby has been released from prison just hours after Pennsylvania’s highest court overturned his sex assault conviction Wednesday.
The court found an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented Cosby from being charged in the case, allowing for his release from prison.
7. House votes to create select committee to investigate Jan. 6 Capitol Riot
The House of Representatives voted today to approve a 13-person select committee to probe the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, launching a new investigation into the deadly insurrection.
The final vote was 222-190, a nearly party-line vote.
Your Notes for Tomorrow
- Small Business Services Commissioner appears on "Mornings On 1" to discuss a new initiative to help small business owners open or reopen their businesses
- Queens County Farm Museum opens the first farmstand located in the Queens Borough Hall
- National Postal Worker Day
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