Category: Civic Engagement & Voter Power

A Decade of Voting in New York City: 21% of Registered Voters Didn’t Cast a Single Ballot; 3% Voted Every Time

May 6, 2020 4:54 pm Published by mrnyteam Leave your thoughts

New York has, in recent years, become known for low voter turnout, and while the arithmetic of getting voters to…

April 4, 2020 1:13 pm Published by mrnyteam Leave your thoughts

The coronavirus has forced the Democrats to change how they talk about policy. What a rollout it was going to…

April 1, 2020 2:10 pm Published by mrnyteam Leave your thoughts

El futuro de nuestros vecindarios depende de ello. Las comunidades en todo los Estados Unidos están en crisis mientras nos…

January 17, 2020 2:29 pm Published by mrnyteam Leave your thoughts

Mayor Bill de Blasio brought together people from all ethnic and religious background in a call to complete the census…

June 24, 2019 6:17 pm Published by mrnyteam Leave your thoughts

Just after it ended, Governor Andrew Cuomo deemed 2019’s “the most productive legislative session in modern history” at a news…

June 18, 2019 4:37 pm Published by mrnyteam Leave your thoughts

The vote in the New York Legislature came after the issue had splintered Democrats, with suburban moderates objecting. ALBANY —…

May 11, 2019 9:16 pm Published by mrnyteam Leave your thoughts

First came Hempstead. Could Islip’s at-large system of electing town council members be next? Plaintiffs in civil suit ask federal…

April 19, 2019 5:37 pm Published by mrnyteam Leave your thoughts

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sitting on a working-class commercial strip in the shadows of an above-ground rail line, a group…

October 31, 2018 8:46 pm Published by Regina Hodge Leave your thoughts

Recent years have seen only slight improvement in the number of Latino elected officials. Instead of a “blue wave” or…

October 10, 2018 4:00 pm Published by Regina Hodge Leave your thoughts

Hace un mes más de 1.5 millones de personas salieron a votar en las elecciones primarias en Nueva York. Aunque…