CORTLAND — Voters in the city chose to recall Mayor Deidre Petrosky in a special election today by a margin of 3 to 1.

About 23.4% of the city’s 5,200 registered voters cast ballots in the special election, which had only the recall question. Of the 1,231 votes cast, 24.5% voted to retain the mayor and 75.5% voted to recall her from office.

When reached by phone Tuesday evening, Petrosky thanked the voters of Cortland for allowing her to serve, pointing out she first served on council in 1998 and then became mayor in 2020.

“I’m grateful for the opportunity to have been able to do that,” Petrosky said. “I thank the residents of Cortland and I am honored to have served.”

Petrosky was first elected as mayor in 2019 and was then re-elected in 2023.

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