CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
A New App for a New Mayor
Jarrett Murphy |
Is there a better way to prepare for the de Blasio administration than to download our new City Limits app? Why, yes! You could get a friend to do it too!
Bronx
Bronx Voters Skip Ballot Questions in Big Numbers
Kate Pastor |
One in three voters who cast a ballot in the mayoral race didn’t weigh in on the ballot questions. In some cases, poll workers may have failed to remind voters to flip their ballots.
Brooklyn
Hopes for De Blasio: High and Low, Specific vs. Sweeping
Jarrett Murphy |
Bill de Blasio’s promise of progress has raised expectations. In Brownsville on Election Day, voters’ hopes ranged from a vague desire for change to specific, ambitious goals.
Government
Losing an Election 195 to 1, But Ready to Run Again
Kiratiana Freelon |
You see their names on every ballot—candidates you’ve not heard of from parties you may not have known existed. They run facing certain defeat. Ever wonder why?
Bronx
High Hopes for De Blasio from Bronx Muslims
Hakeem Muhammad |
Muslim voters in the Bronx were confident on Election Day that the Democrat will address issues of security, surveillance, and Islamic holidays
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Crowdsourcing the De Blasio Transition
Jarrett Murphy |
Over the next two weeks, on the web and around the city, citizens will get a chance to weigh in on how the city should change under the coming administration.
Government
An Election Day Saga at P.S. 6
Oliver Morrison |
Self-interest and civic spirit, friendship and suspicion, crisis and calm—all were on display at one polling place during the long day that was Election 2013.
Boroughs
If Bronx Voters Wrote the Victory Speech
Oresti Tsonopoulos |
They’d focus on ending stop-and-frisk. At least that’s what one sampling of voters said into our Election Day microphone.
Government
Poll Site Changes Cause Confusion in Brooklyn
Jarrett Murphy |
More than a hundred election districts changed their polling place after the September primary, leading to confusion and frustration for voters who said they were not informed.
Bronx
Little Enthusiasm Among Young Bronx Voters
Roxanne Scott |
If the atmosphere at Hostos Community College is any indication, the buzz around the Obama campaign has been followed by a whisper shrouding the 2013 mayoral race.
