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Election 2021

The most contested elections in a generation come as New York City wades through a public-health emergency and faces deep economic challenges—all amid more urgent calls to end historic injustices. Come to City Limits for reporting on the candidates, investigations of the issues and tools for the voters who will write this chapter in New York’s history.

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Republicans Vie for Staten Island BP Nod as Democratic Challenges Take Shape

The borough president's bully pulpit stands especially high in Staten Island, separated from the rest of New York by seawater, demographics and a Republican orientation that could be getting firmer. Adi TalwarA view from Nixon Avenue on Staten Island towards Bay Street and the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
David Weprin Says He’ll Target City Contracts As Comptroller

The veteran official also plots a cautious path on fossil-fuel divestment and says he's opposed to reducing NYPD headcount. NYS AssemblyAssemblyman David Weprin.
Mayoral Hopefuls Issue Competing Climate Plans

The early attention suggests a new urgency around climate resiliency eight years after Superstorm Sandy's toll. Roman IakoubtchikA flag flew off the destroyed Rockaway boardwalk as Queens neighborhoods cleaned up from Superstorm Sandy in 2012.
People on Parole Deserve Automatic Right to Vote: Advocates

A Cuomo executive order created a mechanism for people of parole to regain their right to vote, but advocates say it is unwieldy and impermanent. Office of the GovernorAdvocates are calling on Gov. Cuomo, Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins and Speaker Heastie to move legislation that has stalled for at least a decade and would restore voting rights once someone leaves prison.
In Mayor’s Race, Adams and Stringer Get $7M in Public Money

Dozens of other municipal candidates also cashed in on the first round of payments from the city's matching funds system. Candidates who accept public financing agree to abide by spending limits and, if they are seeking citywide offices, to participate in televised debates.
Opinion: NYC Should Restore Noncitizens’ Right to Vote Before the 2021 Elections

Passing the “Our City Our Vote” bill would allow nearly a million of the city’s legal permanent residents, or green card holders, to vote. What stands in the way of this landmark legislation is political will and a waning window of support.
As ’21 Race Picks Up Speed, Stringer Declares for Mayor

Scott Stringer's speech did not explicitly itemize de Blasio's failings, but it was rooted in a critique of the current mayor. Facebook/MurphyComptroller Scott Stringer officially entering the 2021 race.