Major city government positions will be on the ballot in New York City’s 2021 elections, making it more important than ever for students to get involved and vote.
Local elections tend to not get the same kind of mainstream attention from voters as presidential elections when, in fact, local elections have more of an immediate impact on the voter’s life.
This year, New Yorkers are voting for mayor and comptroller, as well as city council members and borough presidents in each of the five boroughs. Each of these leadership positions carries importance, as they make decisions that influence the future of New York City.
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Peaceful marches across the city Tuesday night
convicted of murdering George Floyd in Minneapolis last year. New York elected officials
The mass protests that swept the city after Floyd’s killing last year have had repercussions for New York. The state repealed the law that had long kept police disciplinary records secret, and those records, after months of litigation, are now
finally becoming public. The city voted to make it a crime for cops to use a chokehold or pin someone s neck under their knee, among a raft of other legislation. Most recently, the city
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Calls to action for the work that remains undone that was the message from political leaders and candidates in New York City just hours after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder.
The mood at Barclays Center was a sense of quiet relief with a glimmer of hope.
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Candidates took the opportunity to make their pitch to a crowd that has long called for police reform
The plaza at Barclays Center has become a central gathering spot for demonstrators, elected officials and candidates running for office
Andrew Yang explains his infamous dog tweet and why he uses Twitter like the rest of us Travis Andrews Andrew Yang managed the impossible: He got dragged for tweeting a photo of a dog. The occasion for the tweet was April 11’s National Pets Day, one of those faux Internet animal holidays that gives everyone an excuse to post pics of their furry pals. The problem was that he posted a photo of dog he no longer owned. Above two photos of a snow-white pup, he wrote that he was “celebrating our dog Grizzly who we raised as a puppy but had to give away because one of our boys became allergic to him. Miss you Grizz!”