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CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Want Young People to Vote? Let Them Organize Themselves

Maya Vesneske and Olivia Brady | June 11, 2020

‘In our conversations with Gen Z New Yorkers about what keeps them from the polls, they cite three main factors: socioeconomic barriers, a sense of personal or community disenfranchisement, and a lack of civic education.’

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Community Boards Face Questions Over Demographics

Roshan Abraham | August 25, 2016

Even as borough presidents have been offering incremental changes, like the appointment of several teenage board members in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, several Council bills to reform term limits and mandate demographic reporting from board members have stalled.

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Do New York’s Community Boards Need Veto Power?

Roshan Abraham | August 24, 2016

Recent citywide projects like the mayor’s affordable-housing plan have reignited long-standing critiques of community boards—about the value of their advisory votes and how effective they are at reflecting the will of the diverse community districts they represent.

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