Endorsements are flying fast in these last few weeks before voters cast ballots for mayor in the Democratic primary. New Yorkers are still getting a feel for the process in the second go-around for ranked-choice voting – the system in which voters can choose up to five candidates in order of preference. Some endorsers have clearly ranked their picks. Others put out unranked slates like it's a political potluck – prompting some concern about voter confusion.
Brooklyn Rep. Nydia Velázquez led a group of six other Brooklyn Democrats who endorsed Adrienne Adams, Brad Lander and Zohran Mamdani in no particular order in mid-April. They called it Brooklyn’s Dream Team. Make the Road Action made Lander their No. 1 endorsement, but also endorsed Mamdani and Adams without ranking them. The Workin