
It precipitated the foreclosure crisis, in which tens of thousands of families lost their homes, others faced an unrecovered loss in property values, and many jobs were lost. Wall Street malfeasance has had devastating consequences in New York. Source: New York City Board of Elections, "2017 Primary: Official Election Results," September 26, 2017 New York City Public Advocate, Democratic Primary Election, 2017 Incumbent Letitia James defeated David Eisenbach in the Democratic primary for public advocate of New York City. Source: New York City Board of Elections, "2017 General Certified Election Results," November 28, 2017 New York City Public Advocate, General Election, 2017 Incumbent Letitia James (D) defeated Juan Carlos Polanco (R), Michael O'Reilly (Conservative), James Lane (Green), and Devin Balkind (Libertarian) in the general election for public advocate of New York City. Under New York law, candidates who run unopposed in a primary or general election win the nomination or election automatically, and their names do not appear on the ballot. Primary elections were scheduled for September 12, 2017, and the general election was on November 7, 2017. New Yorkers also voted for offices in their boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. New York City held elections for mayor, public advocate, comptroller, and all 51 seats on the city council in 2017. If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.ĭo you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.Ģ017 See also: Municipal elections in New York, New York (2017)

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