Answer
San Francisco has the highest number of first-place votes, so San Francisco is selected using the plurality method.
Work Step by Step
Using the plurality method, the candidate which has the most first-place votes is declared the winner of the election. We can find the number of first-place votes for each city.
The number of first-place votes for New York is 8 + 6 which is 14 votes.
The number of first-place votes for Chicago is 4 votes.
The number of first-place votes for San Francisco is 16 votes.
San Francisco has the highest number of first-place votes, so San Francisco is selected using the plurality method.