and comptroller scott stringer has been in the mix until recently when he was accused of sexual misconductaign, but the good news for him is that it will definitely qualify him to be governor. and what makes the race even more unpredictable than usual is that this will be the first time new york city uses ranked-choice voting. which means that instead of voting for just your favorite candidate, voters can rank up to five candidates in order of preference. the question is do new york voters even know five candidates? we sent michael kosta out on the street to find out. >> rarvg choice voting is how new yorkers will pick their next mayor, so i hit the streets to see what they think about this exciting new way to vote. are you familiar with rank choice voting? >> yes. >> do you think this is a good idea for new york to try this? >> i think it's great. >> and you're familiar, then, that for the first time ever there will be rank choice voting? >> i am familiar with that, yes. >> and how many of those votes do you get? >> oh, three. >> three? sure. ( laughs ) i think the answer is five. the ans

the nation said rush to go judgment on scott stringer.read category, casting doubts on the allegations, casting doubts that she knew him before 2001, she wasn't an intern during the campaign, she didn't tell anybody contemporaneously. she gathered signatures for andrew yang earlier this year. so you have people left of center going, wait a second, maybe wuft jumped too quickly and allowed one allegation where there are inconsistencies to up end a 30-year career. talk about your reporting on this. yeah. you know, so after these allegations came out, the working families party, a number of state legislators who are young, progressive, new commerce who have given the campaign some energy pulled out of this campaign and now some of them -- not all, but congressman bowman, for instance, says said, you know, sometimes i regret it because i did like him. and just as importantly, he was the best progressive shot to actually become mayor. some of these other folks are saying i still think it's the right thing to do. they may still think it was the

investment group, which worked with union sponsor, pension funds along with new york city comptroller scott stringerf the board, and the compensation director over the handling of easterbrook's zseverance, addin in a statement that they do not belief the board is holding itself accountable for costly errors in overseeing management. now franchisees who own shares of the company seem to be seeking guidance according to an e-mail viewed by cnbc from the national owners association board to its members while the noa did not propose voting recommendations, it did share a recommendation from corporate governance firm which says the two board members should not be reelected. institutional shareholder services did say both should keep their positions in response to ctw, mcdonald's praised leadership and the board and said in part, quote with the help of outside counsel, the board is investigating all allegations of misconduct by mr. easter brook, including lies and deception, and has taken swift and unprecedented actions to address them, and the company did sue easter brook in august over fraud and conceal

and scott stringer, the former montana borough president, now the comptroller in new york.oking for in these last four weeks or so? >> it will be interesting to see if anyone makes a late move. and katherine garcia is probably the person best set up to do that if andrew yang was going to seal the election up, that would have happened already. at this point, i would rather be eric adams than anybody else. he's been creeping up in the polls and yang has been stagnant or falling in the last several polls that have been publicly released. >> co-ceos and founders of the data and analytics company apple cart, sasha samotin and matt collins. this has been an exciting episode of new york one and i've been pat kiernan. thank you so much, guys. good to see you. >>> it's now the top of the hour. jonathan lemire is still with us. and joining the conversation, mike barnacle, co-founder of punch bowl news, john brez nah bresnahan and paula mcgee. mika has the morning off. >> since she does, let's talk baseball. mike barnicle, another no-hitter. i'm suggesting after watching the game last