Eric “The Establishment” Adams is mayor because the Dems rigged their primary as ranked choice.
Adams was the Democrats last choice. Maya Wiley was the choice of the AOC crowd. Kathryn Garcia was the choice of the upper crust manhattanites and the NY Slimes.
So no, ranked choice had nothing to do with it.
Adams is the most pro police candidate the dems offered. The voters like cops. He led at every stage of the ranked choice voting, so it appears it was not rigged.