Six on History: 2021 NYC Primaries & Elections

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Six on History: 2021 NYC Primaries & Elections

1) Undecided In NYC's Mayoral Race? Here's A Guide To Help, Gothamist

"It's a pivotal election year in New York City, as the next mayor will immediately have to reckon with the myriad devastating after-effects of the pandemic, and lead a vast effort to revitalize and reshape the city. With the June primary less than three months away, a recent poll revealed that roughly half of registered New York voters do not yet know who they'll cast their ballot for in the mayoral election. The race is a crowded one, and still wide open among the leading democratic candidates.

What Do You Want NYC To Look Like? We Asked New Yorkers

"If you had no idea what or who you might be, what talents you might have or lack, then what sort of New York wo...

Below is a guide we will continue to update to help you make an informed decision at the polls.

WHO IS RUNNING? 👟

• Who Are The Democrats Running For NYC Mayor?
• Who Are The Republicans Running For NYC Mayor?
• But wait... What Does The Mayor of New York City Do?

WHERE DO THE CANDIDATES STAND ON ISSUES THAT MATTER TO ME? 📝

• Where Do NYC Mayoral Candidates Stand On The Future Of Biking In NYC?
• Where Do Mayoral Candidates Stand On The Future Of Policing?
• How The Mayoral Candidates Would Tackle Homelessness
• Watch this space for more

WHO'S GOT THE BIG IDEAS? 💡

• The Big Idea: Shaun Donovan Wants To Give Annual Cash Payments To NYC Kids
• The Big Idea: Eric Adams Wants To Offer Doulas To All First-Time Mothers In NYC
• Watch this space for more

FOLLOW THE MONEY 💰

• The Campaign Finance Board Explained
• Where Mayoral Candidates Are Getting Their Money & What They're Spending It On (last updated March 17th)

GUIDE TO MAYORAL FORUMS & DEBATES 📺

• Here's When & Where NYC's 2021 Mayoral Candidates Are Speaking Next

RANKED-CHOICE VOTING 🗳️

• Ranked-Choice Voting Is Here, So Be Prepared
• We held an election for Fictional NYC Mayor to help practice ranked-choice voting & here's how Ghostbuster's Mayor Lenny was voted into office

READING LIST 📰

• Mayoral Candidates Are Talking About City Takeover Of The Subway — The Idea Has Merit
• Why Giving Cash To The Poor Has Become The "Hot Ticket" In NYC's Mayoral Race
• A Woman Mayor In NYC Is More Viable Than Ever, Even If There Is Not A "Women’s Vote"
• Which Mayoral Candidate Will Most Vigorously Defend NYC Bagels?
• Richest Woman In World Donates To NYC Elections For First Time
• More Than Three Decades After David Dinkins, Is NYC Primed To Elect Its Second Black Mayor?
• You can find all our of Election 2021 coverage here

KEY DATES 📅

• Last day to request absentee ballot: June 15th
• Early voting: June 12th - 20th
• Last day to postmark or deliver primary ballot in person: June 22nd
• Primary: June 22nd"

Undecided In NYC's Mayoral Race? Here's A Guide To Help

A recent poll suggested 50% of New Yorke voters don't know who they want to vote for in this year's mayoral race.

2) Corey runs citywide, take two, City & State New York

And more coverage of key 2021 races.

Corey runs citywide, take two

Will Corey break the speaker curse?One might say that Corey Johnson already fell victim to the City Council spea...

3) Where The Mayoral Candidates Stand On Policing. Gothamist

Leading up to the June 22nd primary, our One Issue Explainer series is breaking down where mayoral candidates stand on a variety of issues concerning New Yorkers.

This week, the Politics Brief spoke with reporter Gwynne Hogan, who's been covering the city's increasing activism against racist policing, this year's comparative spike in crime, and where the mayoral candidates stand on the future of policing in New York City. Here's that conversation:

JR: With so many Democrats running for mayor, there are plenty of points where the candidates more or less agree with each other. On policing, what are some major ideas where we do see diverging opinions?

GH: Many of the candidates on the Democratic side are talking about police reform and improving accountability and transparency. But they fall along a spectrum of whether they’d keep the police budget and head count the same, or if they’d divert NYPD resources to other city agencies.

More centrist candidates like Andrew Yang, Kathryn Garcia, and Eric Adams are saying they’d keep police budgets intact, while candidates like Dianne Morales, Shaun Donovan, Scott Stringer and Maya Wiley are promising to reduce police funds. Though even among those who say they'd reduce budgets, there’s a range of commitments to do so. Morales and Donovan both promised $3 billion in cuts, for example, while Stringer said he has a plan to cut $1.1 billion over a four-year period.

Meanwhile, in the race for the Republican nomination, Curtis Sliwa has said he wants to boost funding for the police. ... "

https://gothamist.com/news/where-do-mayoral-candidates-stand-future-policing?mc_cid=f81edac504&mc_eid=0785c6f2d9&utm_campaign=f81edac504-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_11_07_03_53_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Politics%20Brief%20newsletter&utm_term=0_058457038f-f81edac504-83621649

4)  The Crisis Candidate, Curbed, New York Magazine

 Maya Wiley believes she can be a better progressive mayor for our traumatized city than her former boss Bill de Blasio

https://www.curbed.com/article/maya-wiley-nyc-mayor-race.html

5)  Explainer: Understanding Public Matching Funds Means Following the                                Money, WNYC.Org

" ... Who Participates?

Candidates running for election in city elections are eligible, as long as they qualify and agree to the spending limits. Almost everyone who runs for office participates. Of the winners of the 2009 City Council race, only one person abstained from the program. Not all the winners used the funds—some found that it was more lucrative for them to forego the matching funds and be free of the spending limits, but many did.

Can't Participants Game the System?

There are a number of provisions in place to try to prevent candidates from abusing the system. For starters, candidates can use the public funds they receive to pay their campaign staff, and campaign staff can donate to that candidates campaign, but there are strict guidelines on whether that donation would receive matching funds. For another example, City Councilmembers have been criticized in the past for directing discretionary funding to non-profits, whose directors and board then donated back to that candidate's campaign in the next election. Now a law prohibits matching funds from vendors doing business with the city. ... "

https://www.wnyc.org/story/148056-explainer-public-matching-funds/

6) Tension Grows as Money Flows: 5 Takeaways From the N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race, NY Times

As Andrew Yang appears to be solidifying his role as the front-runner in the contest, his Democratic rivals have begun to focus their lines of attack on him.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/nyregion/mayor-race-nyc-takeaways.html