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It’s Tuesday.
Weather: A hot and sticky day edging up to near 90 with a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Alternate-side parking: Suspended through Sunday.
Primary Day is here, and polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. in New York City.
Many races will be decided, including dozens of contests in the State Senate and Assembly, and in the House of Representatives. In Queens, voters will pick the next borough president.
But the day has been complicated by the coronavirus. In late April, New York officials canceled the state’s Democratic presidential primary because of health and safety concerns, and because the results would not change the outcome of the national contest. A week later, a federal judge ruled that the vote would proceed in June as planned.
Also, more than 700,000 New York City residents have requested absentee ballots in the wake of the pandemic — a staggering number compared with previous years. That means that results are not likely to be known until next week because state law mandates that absentee ballots not be counted until eight days after an election.
Here’s what you need to know.
Where to vote: Look up your polling site and view a sample ballot here.
How to vote: Vote in person at your polling site, which will be equipped with floor markers to ensure social distancing, antiviral wipes and masks.
Voting machines are supposed to be cleaned regularly. Voters will receive a new pen, which they can keep after voting.
It’s too late to request an absentee ballot. But if you have one, it must be postmarked, or delivered in person to your polling site or your borough’s Board of Elections, by Tuesday. If you requested but did not receive an absentee ballot, you are still eligible to vote in person.
Who can vote? You must be a registered member of a political party that has a contested primary. Go here to see if you’re registered.
Who is running? More than 50 state and federal races are being contested in New York City alone.
Registered Democrats will receive a ballot with 11 presidential candidates, even though former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is the party’s presumptive nominee.
[A special election in Western New York may be another test of President Trump’s support.]
There are also high-stakes congressional primaries. Representatives Eliot L. Engel and Yvette Clarke, both Democrats, are facing serious challenges. There are also multicandidate races to effectively fill the seats of longtime members of Congress who are stepping down, including Representatives Nita Lowey and Jose E. Serrano.
In the State Legislature, about 30 Democrats are facing primary challenges, while a handful of Republican primaries have become competitive. The most viable challenges against entrenched state lawmakers have unfolded in Queens and Brooklyn, where left-wing insurgents are vying to topple a slate of Democratic incumbents.
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The Mini Crossword: Here is today’s puzzle.
What we’re reading
Why two lawyers accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at a police car could face life in prison. [Gothamist]
An assistant principal on Staten Island was reported to the city’s Department of Education after a Facebook post on an account in her name said that people on public assistance were “privileged.” [The City]
Bedford Cheese Shop in Williamsburg is leaving its namesake street after 17 years. [Eater New York]
And finally: A long night of ‘flower flashing’
Jessica Shaw writes:
It was 3:37 a.m. on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn when Lewis Miller let out a sigh of relief.
After zhooshing a coral peony and throwing in a few gerbera daisies, Mr. Miller, a 46-year-old florist and guerrilla artist, stood back to consider the framing of his 6-by-4-foot orange-hued flower heart: black pavement, white crosswalk lines, a “No Turns” sign, the marquee of Barclays Center casting a quote from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — “The time is always right to do what is right” — into the early-morning dark.
“We’re good,” he said. “Let’s go.”
The heart was one of Mr. Miller’s “flower flashes,” large floral arrangements that he has placed around New York City for years. His pandemic-era flashes, around a hospital lamppost or in a Midtown garbage can, have been met with particular enthusiasm. Social media viewers from around the world have sent him hundreds of heartfelt letters and fan art.
“This is the most beautiful thing I’ve seen in a long time,” said an observer, holding a cane in each arm.
[Read more about Mr. Miller’s early morning, petal-powered trip through the city.]
Mr. Miller later jumped into a large van carrying 12,000 flowers in the back and drove through the city, leaving a heart zip-tied onto a C train entrance under a mural of the Notorious B.I.G.
Crossing the Manhattan Bridge, Mr. Miller pondered the future: “What’s our city going to look like in three months?”
By 4:47 a.m., on Spring Street in Manhattan, the deep hum of garbage trucks was serenading his crew members as they placed a purple heart against a blood-red wall of graffiti: “We may be alone but together we’ll conquer.”
“We always joke about how a good flash is both confident and cavalier, but the true secret sauce is the city,” Mr. Miller said.
It’s Tuesday — smell the roses.
Metropolitan Diary: Burgers and fries
Dear Diary:
Our son and daughter-in-law were expecting a baby, so when we got the 3 a.m. call, off we went to the airport to catch the next flight from Minneapolis to New York.
We arrived in time to wait (and wait and wait) in the lobby at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. For lunch, we had burgers and fries delivered from a nearby deli. We scarfed it all down as though we had never eaten before.
Around 5 p.m., we went upstairs to visit the soon-to-be parents with some other family members who had driven in from Cleveland. In the elevator back to the lobby, they said that they had ordered dinner and that it should be there soon.
When the delivery arrived, it was the same burgers and fries ordered from the same deli. We scarfed it all down again, just as we had before.
Twenty hours after getting that call in Minneapolis, little Ayla Jordyn arrived. And we were hungry all over again.
— Henry Stein
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