Overview
- The Associated Press called the race for Williams, who defeated Republican Gonzalo Duran after also facing independent Martin W. Dolan.
- Unofficial Board of Elections results late Tuesday showed Williams with 72.7% of the vote (1,356,772) to Duran’s 24.8% (463,155).
- Internal Affairs Bureau and Civilian Complaint Review Board investigations into allegations that two members of his security detail drugged and assaulted an ex-staffer remain open.
- The public advocate serves as a non-voting City Council member who can introduce legislation, oversee city agencies, and investigate complaints about city services.
- Williams campaigned on a rent freeze, closing Rikers Island, filling NYPD vacancies while shifting mental health and homelessness responses away from police, and he was arrested in September at a protest over ICE detention conditions.