On Tuesday, New Yorkers will head to the polls to cast ballots for New York City’s next mayor, comptroller, public advocates, borough presidents and City Council members. Some voters will also be asked to choose from a slate of judicial nominees. Below is an overview of those on the ballot Nov. 2.
On November 3, New York City voters will elect judges who will guide and decide civil and criminal cases for a decade or more.
… though not as much as they would have if there had been a primary race.
In Tuesday’s general election, there are 35 City Council races with more than one candidate on the ballot, as well as contests for Queens District Attorney, Civil Court, Surrogate and Supreme Court judges, and two proposals that would amend the state constitution in relation to debt limits.
Judicial posts, important though they are, rarely see much campaigning or media coverage and are usually omitted from voters’ guides.
Voters will make important decisions on citywide offices, changes to the city’s governing structure and judicial posts. Some will decide a race for district attorney and others will settle the contest for a City Council seat.
Only a little over a third of the candidates on the Nov. 6 ballot for judicial posts in the five boroughs provided biographical information to the state court system. Can you help us fill out the picture?
Come November 5, one Council candidate will have no opponent at all. Several Democrats will face no Republican opposition. And a few races will offer crowded fields.
The Working Families Party will offer a judicial ballot-line in Brooklyn, with nominees chosen through an independent panel.
Poll sites in New York City opened at 6 a.m. Thursday, where residents were already lining up to cast ballots in an historic presidential election amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.