The Biggest Mayor’s Race in Years? New Yorkers’ Minds Are Elsewhere.

Two months before the Democratic primary for mayor, arguably the most consequential New York City election in decades, voters have other things on their minds.

In Brooklyn’s Church of St. Mark on a recent Sunday, Arlene Punnett, 82, listened patiently as a special guest spoke of his hardworking mother and his years as a police officer. His name was Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, and he had come to seek the church’s support in his run for mayor. But for Ms. Punnett, he might as well have been visiting from a distant country. Asked later how much thought she’s given the race to elect the city’s next mayor, she held her thumb and finger in the shape of a perfectly round zero. “What can I tell you?” she shrugged. “Right now that’s not the primary concern.”