Want to know more about the mayoral hopefuls on Tuesday’s ballot? Read about their plans for housing, homelessness, NYCHA, climate, and immigrant communities. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Nine of the Democrats running on this Tuesday’s primary for mayor. (NYS Senate Media Services, NYC Mayor’s Office, NYC Comptroller’s Office, Facebook/ZohranKMamdani, Adi Talwar/City Limits, Ana Peralta Chong/Whitney for Mayor, Flickr/Cuomo for Mayor)

Tuesday is Primary Day in New York City. The polls are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., and it’s going to get hot: temperatures are expected to hit the high 90s. “Stay cool, drink water and remember to Vote,” the city’s Board of Elections urged New Yorkers in a social media post.

A crowded field of Democratic mayoral candidates are vying for a spot on the November general election ballot, where they’ll compete against (among others) incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who’s running as an independent. Also on the ballot: races for City Council, borough president, public advocate and comptroller, as well as some judge positions.

Want to know more about the mayoral hopefuls? Read about their plans for: 

Shelters and housing vouchers, street and subway homelessness, and supportive housing

Addressing the housing shortage, and rents for stabilized tenants

NYCHA and family homelessness 

NYC’s immigrant communities

Climate and the environment

For more from the candidates, in their own words: We invited them to pitch their housing plans to New Yorkers via oped. Zohran Mamdani, Michael Blake and Scott Stringer took us up on the offer.

Look up your poll site here. Check your voter registration status here. Confused about Ranked Choice Voting? Try this very cute practice ballot. 

Let us know what you’re seeing out there! Long lines, broken machines? Or an easy process? Share your voting experience: editor@citylimits.org

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Today is Tuesday, June 24, the 175th day of 2025. There are 190 days left in the year.

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On June 24, 1983, the space shuttle Challenger — carrying America’s first woman in space, Sally Ride — coasted to a safe landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

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In 1509, Henry VIII was crowned king of England; his wife, Catherine of Aragon, was crowned queen consort.

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In 1939, the Southeast Asian country of Siam changed its name to Thailand. (It reverted to Siam in 1945, then became Thailand once again in 1949.)

In 1948, Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the Western allies to organize the Berlin Airlift.

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In 1973, President Richard Nixon concluded a summit with the visiting leader of the Soviet Union, Leonid Brezhnev, who hailed the talks in an address on American television.

In 1992, the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, strengthened its 30-year ban on officially sponsored worship in public schools, prohibiting prayer as a part of graduation ceremonies.

In 2010, in the first round of the Wimbledon Championships, American John Isner won the longest professional tennis match in history, defeating Nicolas Mahut of France 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68; the match was played over the course of three days and lasted a total of 11 hours, 5 minutes.

In 2015, a federal judge formally sentenced Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for the 2013 terror attacks. (A federal appeals court later threw out the sentence; the Supreme Court reinstated it.)

In 2018, women in Saudi Arabia were allowed behind the wheel for the first time as the world’s last remaining ban on female drivers was formally lifted.

In 2021, a 12-story condominium building collapsed in Surfside, Florida, killing 98 people.

In 2022, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to remove constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place since 1973’s Roe v. Wade.

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Actor Beanie Feldstein is 32.
Actor Harris Dickinson is 29.

Too often lately, manager Rocco Baldelli said before Monday’s game, the Twins have fallen behind early and haven’t been able to hand a lead over to their bullpen.

“The goal is to put some runs on the board early but also obviously hold the other team down for a good bit, and that’s kind of where we’ve been struggling,” Baldelli said. “The early part of the game has been a separator for us, not in the way we’re looking for.”

Just hours later, it was a separator once again.

The Twins put on two runners in each of the first two innings and came away with nothing before falling into a six-run hole in the third on their way to an 11-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners in the series opener at Target Field.

Carlos Correa struck out with runners on first and second in the first. Byron Buxton did the same in the second. And in the third, after the Twins had fallen into yet another hole, they put two more runners on with just one out. Neither scored.

They finished the day 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position, unable to cash in on their opportunities. Their only two runs came in the sixth when Trevor Larnach and Correa went back-to-back against Mariners starter Bryan Woo.

Woo worked efficiently through the Twins’ lineup for much of the day, finishing with nine strikeouts. He just missed an immaculate inning in the fourth, striking out all three batters but requiring 10 pitches — all strikes — to do so.

He pitched with a lead from the third inning onward after his teammates scored six runs on a pair of home runs off Twins starter Bailey Ober.

The inning started with a pair of hits from the bottom of the lineup before a sacrifice fly and a Julio Rodríguez home run put Seattle up by three. Ober wasn’t able to stop the damage there.

Though he kept MLB home run leader and MVP candidate Cal Raleigh in the park — he would later homer off Joey Wentz — the catcher sparked another rally with an infield single and came around to score on a Luke Raley three-run shot.

Aside from the turbulent third, Ober essentially cruised through the rest of his start, allowing just two other baserunners in his seven innings. Dominic Canzone’s sixth-inning home run was the seventh run Ober gave up, marking the second time in three starts that Ober has allowed seven runs.

Ober has given up 23 runs in four starts this month, and the Twins’ pitching staff has surrendered 46 in the past four games.

As the Twins search for answers, their highest-paid player, a player with a history of postseason success and a leader in the clubhouse, Carlos Correa, said he spoke with members of the coaching staff and front office about different things they could do better as a team.

The Twins, who entered Monday’s game against the Seattle Mariners losers of nine of their previous 10 games, are looking for any way to turn things around. Manager Rocco Baldelli spoke of making adjustments, too, though he didn’t get too far into any specifics.

But there’s at least one area where the Twins haven’t adjusted their thinking — not yet, at least. With the July trade deadline approaching next month, president of baseball operations Derek Falvey isn’t looking to be a seller.

“When you have the team that you believe you have and you hope you get healthier and get guys back here soon that you feel like … (are) capable of putting together good baseball, it’s hard for you to think like that,” Falvey said. “If we have to cross that bridge, we’ll cross that bridge later. But that is not at all our focus right now. It’s to figure out how to get this team right back to where it needs to be. I think a good week of baseball will get us there.”

The Twins, who earlier this year rattled off 13 straight wins, entered Monday having lost 13 of 16. They’ve lost seven of their past eight series, and the pitching staff has been rocked since early June, right around the time Pablo López suffered a shoulder injury that will sideline him for at least two months.

And yet, they entered Monday right in the thick of the wild xard race, just 2 1/2 games out of a playoff spot.

“There are areas in every part of the game where we can do better,” catcher Ryan Jeffers said. “It’s still June. Still a long way to go. We’ve shown we can rattle off a lot of wins in a row, and we might have to. We have might have to go on a stretch like that to get ourselves back to where we want to be.”

Lewis progressing

Count Royce Lewis among those who are curious to find out what the next steps are as he mends from a hamstring strain suffered earlier this month.

Lewis ran Monday afternoon at Target Field at an intensity he described as “full-go running.” The third baseman took batting practice and participated in defensive drills.

“If it was up to me … I’d come off (the injured list) (Tuesday), but it has never been up to me,” Lewis said. “They’re just trying to take care of me the best way they know how, and I respect it.”

Briefly

Utilityman Mickey Gasper, who was hitting .318 with a 1.027 OPS at Triple-A, was placed on the injured list at St. Paul with bilateral plantar fasciitis, eliminating a potential depth option for the Twins. … The Twins claimed right-handed pitcher Connor Gillispie from Miami and optioned him to Triple-A. The 27-year-old had an 8.65 earned-run average in six starts for the Marlins. … Injured infielder Luke Keaschall (forearm) has started doing light baseball activities, Falvey said.