Turnout in NYC election already exceeds past four mayoral races, hours before polls close

NEW YORK — Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are pouring out to the polls Tuesday to vote in a series of local elections — including the most consequential mayoral race in decades. Just over 716,000 residents cast ballots in the nine hours after polling sites opened at 6 a.m., according to tabulations released by the Board of Elections. That’s on top of the more than 735,000 people who ...