NYC Mayoral Election In State Of Confusion

The city's recent mayoral election is in disarray due to a vote count error involving 135,000 test ballots. The election board retracted their report and apologized, while Derek Adams maintains a lead over Catherine Garcia. The city used ranked choice voting for the first time, allowing voters to rank their top five candidates. There are still 125,000 absentee ballots to be counted, with results expected by mid-July.

What is the election board asking from the public as they work on reporting results?

What is the current status of the absentee ballots?