His campaign platform embraces some of the policies they want for ex-offenders. But advocates were unable to meet face-to-face with the Democrat or his Republican opponent, Joe Lhota.
The event is designed to raise awareness that almost 1 million legal residents in New York City are ineligible to vote because they are not citizens.
The Board of Elections says it had no choice but to print the city’s ballot in six-point font. But government reform groups anticipate the move will lead to problems at the polls.
Despite an 11-1 registration disadvantage, no local election wins since 2002 and a mayoral candidate trailing by double digits, some Bronx GOPers still have hope.
Casino supporters say they’ll generate tax revenue and jobs. The success of nearby casinos suggests they’re right. But new competition could flood the gambling market.
Surveys suggest there’s little competition in the race for City Hall, but AARP believes the election is still a chance to educate Bronx voters about issues affecting older people.
The former councilman and borough president who many thought could be the city’s first Latino mayor trails badly in the polls and is focusing on his home turf on Election Day
Neither Joe Lhota nor Bill de Blasio will write the kind of personal checks that Mayor Bloomberg did. But that doesn’t mean they can afford to ignore this important sector.
Read the rules that federal judges are supposed to live by–and that the judge in the NYPD case allegedly broke.
In the second of part of our series on a development process that spanned much of the Bloomberg administration, we look at how parks fare under this deal—and others.
