There were 261,735 votes cast statewide during the first two days of early voting in New York, according to numbers released Monday by the state Board of Elections.

Of those votes, 97,155 were cast in New York City and 164,580 were cast outside of the five boroughs.

Among the large counties outside of New York City: 14,808 votes were cast in Erie, 11,743 votes were cast in Monroe, 28,240 votes were cast in Nassau, 20,549 were cast in Suffolk and 16,236 were cast in Westchester.

Early voting has been in effect in New York since 2019. During the high-turnout presidential election of 2020, there were 422,166 votes cast over the first two days of early voting.

This year, New Yorkers are deciding statewide races for governor, state attorney general, comptroller and a U.S. Senate seat. All 213 seats in the state Legislature as well as the state's 26 congressional districts are up for election.

More than 5 million votes were cast in 2018 during the last gubernatorial election.