About 690,526 New Yorkers voted during nine days of early voting, up 60% from the 2022 midterms, according to city Board of Elections data reported by Brooklyn Paper. Brooklyn led with 219,536, followed by Manhattan (188,434), Queens (162,914), the Bronx (67,630) and Staten Island (52,012).
Registered Democrats out-voted Republicans early in every contested southern Brooklyn district. In AD-45, where Republican Michael Novakhov beat Joey Cohen-Saban by 232 votes in 2024, about 4,700 Democrats and 2,100 Republicans voted early. In AD-46, where Republican Alec Brook-Krasny faces Chris McCreight again, it was more than 5,500 Democrats to 2,504 Republicans. Democrats are also targeting AD-49 and state Senate District 17. In NY-11, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis's Brooklyn-Staten Island seat, just over 30,000 Democrats and about 25,000 Republicans voted early.
Voters 60 and older made up about 28% of Brooklyn's early vote; voters 18-34 about 22%. Polls are open Tuesday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Update, Nov. 3: Citywide, 690,526 New Yorkers voted early, about 6% fewer than in last year's mayoral race (735,317), mostly because about 15,000 fewer voters aged 18 to 24 turned out, Gothamist and amNewYork report. Democratic early turnout fell 3% from 2025 and Republican turnout fell 15%, according to Gothamist. In Brooklyn, Assembly District 53 (East Williamsburg and Bushwick) dropped 34%, and AD-58 in Central Brooklyn rose 60%. Compared with the last governor's race in 2022, citywide early voting was up nearly 60%, amNewYork reports. Polls are open until 9 p.m.
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NYC early vote 690,526, down 6% vs 2025, up ~60% vs 2022; GOP early turnout down 15%.
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