New Yorkers vote as the city weighs a turbulent election
On a tense Election Day, the overwhelmingly Democratic city turned out to vote in the presidential contest.
New Yorkers went to the polls on Tuesday in a presidential election that had gripped the nation, with the overwhelmingly Democratic city turning out heavily even as the contest nationally remained on a knife's edge.
Across the five boroughs, voters lined up at schools, libraries and community centres, many reflecting on a bitterly divisive campaign and the high stakes they felt the election carried. As expected, the city delivered large margins for the Democratic ticket, in keeping with its longstanding political leanings.
But the national result would ultimately break the other way, and the outcome landed heavily in a city that is both a Democratic stronghold and the former president's hometown, a place with a long and complicated relationship with the man returning to power.
Local officials braced for the implications of the result for the city, from federal funding to immigration enforcement to the handling of the migrant crisis, areas where a new administration's policies could have profound effects on New York.
The election also featured local and state races and ballot measures that would shape the city's future. For New Yorkers, the day was a reminder of the city's outsized place in the national political imagination — as a symbol, a punching bag and a prize — and of the uncertain road ahead as the country prepared for another change in direction.