Voters in New York City head to the polls Tuesday to decide who will become Democratic nominee to be the city’s next mayor, and who will therefore likely lead its economic comeback, fight against rising violent crime and more. Eight Democrats are vying for the nomination, but polls have shown the top four pulling away from the rest of the field. NYC, however, is using ranked-choice voting for the first time, making it hard to predict who will emerge victorious. The primary campaign has been contentious, with candidates Andrew Yang and Kathryn Garcia teaming up during the final weekend of campaigning in an attempt to blunt frontrunner Eric Adams’ late momentum. The alliance drew sharp rebuke from Adams: “For them to come together like they are doing in the last three days, they’re saying we can’t trust a person of color to be the mayor of the City of New …