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Early Voting. Anna Van Der Heijden/BklynerThe New York City Campaign Finance Board sent voter directories with inaccurate poll site information to 150,000 voters citywide, a spokesperson for the CFB told Bklyner. The inaccurate information was included in the CFB’s annual General Election Voter Guide, which since 2017
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A New Kings Democrats monthly meeting in 2018 (Photo Courtesy of New Kings Democrats President Brandon West)In November voters will have the opportunity to weigh in on 19 proposed changes to the city charter [https://www.gothamgazette.com/city/8696-charter-revision-commission-final-approval-19-proposals-5-questions-november-ballot] , including one that, if approved, would alter how the
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Caroline CohenBROOKLYN—In Tuesday’s judicial elections, Caroline Cohen, Margarita Lopez Torres and Bernadette Neckles came out on top. With 99 percent of the ballot scanners reported [https://web.enrboenyc.us/CD226450.html] as of early Wednesday morning, Cohen [/meet-the-6th-municipal-district-candidates-caroline-cohen/] won the 6th Municipal District Civil Court judge race, decisively
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Monique Chandler-Waterman (left) and Farah Louis. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner) EAST FLATBUSH—City Council Member Farah Louis has held on to her seat. In a near replay of the May special election, Louis on Tuesday beat her main opponent, Monique Chandler-Waterman, by about 700 votes— a smaller margin of victory
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Sixth Municipal District Candidate Alice Nicholson sitting in her office (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)The Civil Court Judge Democratic primary election the 6th Municipal District [https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/Municipal-Court-Districts/7vpq-4bh4] —which includes Park Slope, Crown Heights, Kensington, Flatbush, Midwood, Prospect Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Prospect Park South,
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerMIDWOOD – Primary Polls are definitely busier than they were in June this morning. At 9:30 a.m., I was one of three voters in the room– number 25 in my polling station at Brookdale Senior Citizen Center of Agudath Israel. A poll worker told me, “Not
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Election time is here! NYC Primaries will be held tomorrow, Thursday, September 13. Doors will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. If you are registered and eligible to vote, please do! * Find out where your polling site is with this locator [https://nyc.pollsitelocator.com/search]
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerPROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDEN – Cynthia Nixon endorsed Council Member Jumaane Williams for Lieutenant Governor and Williams endorsed Nixon for the next Governor of New York yesterday. “Cynthia is the leader we need right now,” Williams said. “She’s been a fighter and I have been a fighter. That’
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Photo by BKLYNERTuesday, September 12 is New York City’s Primary Elections. Polls will be open from 6am to 9pm. Our coverage area has variation depending on exactly where you live. To get detailed information based on your exact address, visit New York City Campaign Finance Board [http://www.nyccfb.
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Brooklyn district map. Photo: ufoa.org [http://www.ufoa.org/statistics/statistics.php?boroughindex=0]City Council elections are on November 7, 2017, but primaries are in three weeks –September 12, 2017, and candidates are trying to rack up as much support as they can. Here is who will be
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Photo via Nehemiah Economic Development Inc.“To have our own community we must own our community,” Mawuli K. Hormeku The race for City Council has begun. With city elections approaching in September, candidates from all 15 Brooklyn districts are trying to appeal to fellow Brooklynites. We got a chance to
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Graph via Renthop [https://www.renthop.com/studies/nyc/trump-leads-in-southwest-brooklyn]With just 19 days to go before the election, New York-based data-driven real estate startup RentHop [https://www.renthop.com/studies/nyc/trump-leads-in-southwest-brooklyn] has mapped out Brooklyn’s share of donors for presidential nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton by
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Photo via avigdorforjudge.com [http://avigdorforjudge.com/]The Daily News wrote a scathing editorial [http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/judge-dread-article-1.2786150] yesterday about a southwest Brooklyn lawyer who is running for civil court today. Morton Avigdor was described as “morally vacant,” and backed by the “incorrigible Brooklyn Democratic machine.” Late
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Photo via avigdorforjudge.com [http://avigdorforjudge.com/]The Daily News wrote a scathing editorial [http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/judge-dread-article-1.2786150] yesterday about a southwest Brooklyn lawyer who is running for civil court today. Morton Avigdor was described as “morally vacant,” and backed by the “incorrigible Brooklyn Democratic machine.” Late
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Photo by Park Slope StoopTuesday, September 13 is New York’s Primary Elections. Polls will be open from 6am – 9pm. Our coverage area has variation depending on exactly where you live. To get detailed information based on your exact address, visit Voter’s Edge New York [http://votersedge.nyccfb.info/
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Photo by Park Slope StoopTuesday, September 13 is New York’s Primary Elections. Polls will be open from 6am – 9pm. Our coverage area has variation depending on exactly where you live. To get detailed information based on your exact address, visit Voter’s Edge New York [http://votersedge.nyccfb.info/