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CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: How NY Democrats and Gov. Hochul Can Win Back Young Voters

Robb Friedlander | November 30, 2022

“While record youth turnout across the country enabled Democrats to hold the U.S. Senate and make gains in swing districts barely won by President Joe Biden, the New York vote looked more like the pre-Trump era of apathy and disengagement.” 

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Fate of Immigrant New Yorkers at Play in Governor’s Race, Advocates Warn

Daniel Parra | November 7, 2022

Immigrant advocates say they would prefer to continue to work with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, citing past accomplishments like the Excluded Workers Fund, and worry what a potential Lee Zeldin governorship would mean for their causes.

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Opinion: If We Don’t Show Up to Vote, We Won’t Be Heard

Carmen Perez-Jordan | November 3, 2022

“We must encourage our communities to vote, knowing politicians can make life-altering decisions that impact issues important for all Americans, specifically in our work for racial equity.”

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NYCHA Proposes Voting Rules for Tenants to Opt Into ‘Preservation Trust’

Jeanmarie Evelly | October 21, 2022

The Housing Authority will host a series of public meetings starting Monday to solicit feedback on how it plans to carry out the voting process, in which NYCHA tenants will choose whether they want their development to take part in the Preservation Trust, which officials say will help raise desperately needed repair funds.

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Scenes From New York’s Sleepy Second Primary

Daniel Parra, David Brand and Jeanmarie Evelly | August 23, 2022

By 6 p.m. Tuesday, 237,888 New York City residents had voted in the unusual August primary, where some neighborhoods were home to heated State Senate and Congressional races while others had no candidates on the ballot at all. Polls close at 9 p.m.

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It’s Primary Day—Again. Will New Yorkers Turn Up for an August Election?

Jeanmarie Evelly, Daniel Parra, Liz Donovan and David Brand | August 22, 2022

The legal battle over redistricting this year resulted in two primaries for New York, including Tuesday’s rare August contests for State Senate and Congress. City Limits spoke to city residents about what they’re looking out for this second summer Election Day—or if they’re looking at all.

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An empty polling site in The Bronx on NY Primary Day

Uneven Distribution of Language Interpreters on Slow NYC Primary Day

Daniel Parra | June 30, 2022

Spanish translators were missing at two Queens polling places that City Limits visited Tuesday morning, while interpreters for other languages said they had interacted with very few voters.

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Housing, Reproductive Rights on Voters’ Minds as Quiet NY Primary Unfolds

Jeanmarie Evelly, Liz Donovan and David Brand | June 28, 2022

Tuesday marked the first of this year’s primary elections in New York. Some voters told City Limits they were motivated to show up by the recent, controversial U.S Supreme Court decisions that overturned the constitutional right to an abortion as well as New York’s concealed-carry gun law.

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NY to Make Absentee Ballots More Accessible for Voters with Disabilities

Jeanmarie Evelly | April 12, 2022

A federal court approved the terms of a settlement agreement that requires the NYS Board of Elections create a statewide remote mail-in system so that voters who are blind, or have other print disabilities, can read and mark their ballots independently.

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Three Candidates of Dominican Descent Vie For Open Upper Manhattan Assembly Seat

Daniel Parra | February 14, 2022

 Nayma Silver-Matos, Manny De Los Santos, and Edwin De La Cruz are the three candidates vying to replace Carmen De La Rosa, who resigned her seat when she was elected to represent the City Council’s 10th district.

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