
Rachel Holliday Smith
Associate Editor at THE CITY
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4 days ago |
thecity.nyc | Rachel Holliday Smith
We made it to Primary Day, New York. If you’re among the 384,000 New Yorkers who already cast your ballot, good job. If you’re not, here’s what to know on the last day you can vote in the city’s local primaries:Polls are open on Tuesday, June 24, from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. and you can find out where your polling site is here. Be aware: Your election day location is often different from your early voting site, so check carefully.
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1 week ago |
documentedny.com | Rachel Holliday Smith
Esta guía fue actualizada en enero de 2025 y publicada por primera vez en enero de 2021. Si tienes preguntas sobre el proceso de votación o las elecciones locales, escríbenos a [email protected] con el asunto “Elección”. Durante los últimos ciclos electorales, los votantes de Nueva York han usado el sistema de votación por orden de preferencia (RCV, por sus siglas en inglés), el cual fue aprobado por el 73% de los votantes en 2019 para sufragar en elecciones primarias locales.
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1 month ago |
thecity.nyc | Gwynne Hogan |Haidee Chu |Rachel Holliday Smith |Samantha Maldonado
It’s not just the mayor on the ballot in New York City this year. Many other offices are up for grabs, including all 51 seats in the City Council — including nine Councilmembers who are term-limited and cannot run again.
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2 months ago |
thecity.nyc | Rachel Holliday Smith
We’ve told you about how much money local campaigns have brought in for the 2025 race. Especially for mayor, candidates have raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars in their effort to become the next boss of City Hall. But there’s a lot more money being spent on local elections than that. Ostensibly separate from official campaigns, monied outsiders buy flyers, television spots, radio ads and merchandise to try to push one candidate over another — or one issue over another.
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2 months ago |
thecity.nyc | Rachel Holliday Smith
This article is adapted from our April 3 edition of RANKED CHOICES, THE CITY’s weekly election newsletter. Click here to sign up. Dear New Yorkers,Whew, we’re off to the races now!In case you hadn’t heard: Mayor Eric Adams will not run as a Democrat this year, opting to skip the June primary altogether and run as an independent candidate in November. He dropped that news this morning — less than 24 hours after his federal corruption charges dropped. It’s big news in the local political world.
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