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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerThousands of absentee ballots in Brooklyn and across the city are likely to be invalidated by the city’s Board of Elections, after many were not marked with a cancellation notice, or postmark, at post offices in the city. The number of voters whose votes will not
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Photo by Element5 Digital on UnsplashBy Justin Krebs A 9-to-1 student-to-teacher ratio. Small groups of kids working together consistently. Loads of outside time. Taking advantage of a city beyond school walls. A reduction in standardized testing. Enough flexibility to allow different families to work with different schedules. If I heard
Election 2020
By Claudia Irizarry Aponte, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/7/7/21316921/absentee-ballot-challenges-nyc-primary-2020] in THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] Rep. Yvette Clarke is latest among legions suing to establish the right to challenge opponents’ votes in a pile of 380,000 mailed in citywide amid New York’
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Watching the city council debate the budget at Occupy City Hall. Photo by Sandy Nurse, with permission.As New Yorkers, we know what it means to be bold. As women, we know what it means to be defiant in the face of systems that weren’t designed for us. And
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Whitney Hu. (Rathkopf Photography [https://www.rathkopf.com/], with permission) SUNSET PARK/RED HOOK – Whitney Hu, 29, announced her run for District 38 in City Council in March. A week later, the pandemic shut down the city. She put her campaign on pause and thought about stopping it right there.
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Amber Adler. (Photo: Rathkopf Photography [https://www.rathkopf.com/], with permission)BRIGHTON BEACH/MIDWOOD – Amber Adler, 36, is running to represent District 48, which includes Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach, Sheepshead Bay, Homecrest, Trump Village, Luna Park, Brightwater Towers, and Midwood, currently represented by Chaim Deutsch who is term-limited who has
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Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability. Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability. City Hall. Monday, June 29, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.By Alex Zimmerman, Reema Amin, and Christina Veiga, originally published in Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/6/30/21308435/
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The results trickling in from the city Board of Elections for Tuesday’s primary election show many races too close to call. We are unlikely to know the final results for a while, possibly weeks, because of the abnormally high number of absentee voters this year due to coronavirus. This
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Many New Yorkers opted to vote in-person on Tuesday after requesting but not receiving their absentee ballot. Scores of others who did receive absentee ballots decided to vote in-person anyway, whether out of fear over not getting their vote counted, solidarity with ancestors who fought for the right to vote,
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BROOKLYN – Primary elections are today! Like we wrote yesterday, [/dont-forget-to-vote-on-tuesday-heres-how/] the Primary is the election that truly matters, particularly in this borough. Primaries are also notorious for low turnout, and this year matters are further complicated by the current pandemic restrictions and the fact that many of those who requested
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBROOKLYN – Primary elections are tomorrow, and in Brooklyn, Primary is the election that matters [/in-brooklyn-june-primary-is-the-election-day/]! Why? In a heavily Democratic county, the November election just rubber stamps the primary election’s selections as residents tend to vote down the line for Democrats. On the ballots this year,
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Carlos Menchaca. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – Council Member Carlos Menchaca has introduced legislation calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo “to bring charges to effectuate the removal of the Mayor for failing to protect the safety and promote the general welfare of the public.” “After seven years of failed leadership, the