{"id":5694,"date":"2019-02-27T06:09:22","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T11:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/2019-nyc-public-advocate-special-election-results\/"},"modified":"2019-02-27T06:09:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T11:09:22","slug":"2019-nyc-public-advocate-special-election-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/eastnewyork\/2019-nyc-public-advocate-special-election-results\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 NYC Public Advocate Special Election Results"},"content":{"rendered":"

Councilman, Jumaane Williams<\/strong> is New York City’s new Public Advocate, after garnering 33% of the vote, from a field of 17 candidates. Williams will run again in June for the primaries, and it is not yet known which candidates will give it another shot.<\/p>\n

See the final Public Advocate Special Election results below:<\/h3>\n

Jumaane Williams<\/strong>\u00a0(It’s Time Let’s Go): 33.30%<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eric Ulrich<\/strong>\u00a0(Common Sense): 18.80%<\/p>\n

Melissa Mark-Viverito<\/strong>\u00a0(Fix the MTA): 11.02%<\/p>\n

Michael Blake<\/strong>\u00a0(For The People): 8.29%<\/p>\n

Ydanis Rodriguez<\/strong>\u00a0(Unite Immigrants): 6.10%<\/p>\n

Dawn Smalls<\/strong>\u00a0(No More Delays): 4.10%<\/p>\n

Rafael Espinal Jr.<\/strong>\u00a0(Livable City): 3.24%<\/p>\n

Ron Kim<\/strong>\u00a0(No Amazon): 2.86%<\/p>\n

Daniel O’Donnell<\/strong>\u00a0(Equality For All): 2.85%<\/p>\n

Benjamin Yee<\/strong>\u00a0(Community Strong): 2.61%<\/p>\n

Nomiki Konst<\/strong>\u00a0(Pay Folks More): 2.33%<\/p>\n

Helal A. Sheikh<\/strong>\u00a0(Friends of Helal): 1.25%<\/p>\n

David Eisenbach<\/strong>\u00a0(Stop REBNY): 0.79%<\/p>\n

Manny Alicandro<\/strong>\u00a0(Better Leaders): 0.75%<\/p>\n

Anthony Tony Herbert<\/strong>\u00a0(Residents First): 0.73%<\/p>\n

Latrice Walker<\/strong>\u00a0(Power Forward): 0.57%<\/p>\n

Jared Rich<\/strong>\u00a0(Jared Rich for NYC): 0.23%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Councilman, Jumaane Williams is New York City’s new Public Advocate, after garnering 33% of the vote, from a field of 17 candidates. Williams will run again in June for the primaries, and it is not yet known which candidates will give it another shot. 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