As New Yorkers head to the polls in the primaries for local elections this Tuesday, voters can use ranked-choice voting for up to five of their preferred candidates. We look at how the system works and especially what it could mean for two candidates who have cross-endorsed each other: Democratic Socialist State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani and City Comptroller Brad Lander. “It creates a coalition that will combine the forces of both of their supporters and give them a better chance of defeating Andrew Cuomo, who is the front-runner,” says John Tarleton, editor-in-chief of The Indypendent, which is closely following NYC’s mayoral election. He also describes the coalition of groups known as the DREAM coalition, which stands for “Don’t Rank Evil Andrew for Mayor,” and the scandals that drove the former New York governor to resign. Tarleton’s recent piece is headlined “Zohran Mamdani’s Path to Victory.”