Elizabeth Johnson's background, according to a personal website, includes a previous post as clinical director of the opioid overdose prevention program at a hospital in the Bronx.
The concept is similar to that of a runoff election, held when no candidate receives at least 50% of the original vote, but the difference is that this approach only requires one round of actual voting.
The bodies of a woman and man were recovered from the flames Monday, police said. The fire and efforts to put it out left behind severe damages, including at a Crossfit gym.