NYC election results: Hochul wins a second term, all five Charter questions pass and Conley flips NY-17

Update, Wednesday, Nov. 4: Gov. Kathy Hochul won a second full term, all five City Charter questions passed and Democrat Cait Conley unseated Rep. Mike Lawler in NY-17. Here is what happened, based on unofficial results that will change as remaining ballots are counted.

The results

• Governor: Hochul defeated Republican Bruce Blakeman 59.2% to 39.6% statewide with 12,144 of 13,187 election districts reporting, the state Board of Elections showed early Wednesday. In the city she had 76.1%, and she carried every borough except Staten Island, according to the city Board of Elections. Former Council Speaker Adrienne Adams becomes lieutenant governor, the first all-woman ticket elected in New York, amNY reported.
• Attorney general and comptroller: Letitia James and Tom DiNapoli were reelected, with about 60% and 64.5% statewide in AP tallies, Spectrum News NY1 reported.
• Charter questions: all five passed citywide with 61.8% to 72.5% yes. Staten Island voted no on all five, The City Reporter reported. What each one changes.
• NY-17: Lawler conceded to Conley around 11 p.m., before Westchester's emergency ballots were counted. Full story.
• Congress: Democrats won control of the House and the Senate, CBS New York projected, putting Brooklyn's Hakeem Jeffries in line to be speaker. Full story.

Borough-by-borough numbers for every statewide race and Charter question, the city's House races and the Democratic sweep in southern Brooklyn are in how New York City voted.

What happens next

• Election night results are unofficial. Boards must recanvass all early and Election Day votes and count valid mail, absentee, military and affidavit ballots before certifying, usually within 25 days for a general election, the state Board of Elections says.
• Westchester County began counting emergency ballots Wednesday morning after scanners at most poll sites could not read ballots on Election Day because of a programming error, ABC7 New York and CBS New York reported. The state board's statewide totals do not yet include those ballots.

How Election Day went in the city

Polls were open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., public schools held a remote learning day and alternate side parking was suspended under the DOT calendar. Early voting had ended Sunday with 690,526 check-ins, by the Board of Elections' unofficial count. By 6 p.m. Tuesday the board reported 1,686,480 check-ins citywide including early voting, CBS New York reported, and city voters cast more than 1.9 million ballots in all, The City Reporter said.

The attorney general's Election Protection Hotline took complaints from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Anyone with a problem to report can still use the online form.