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Three proposed amendments to the New York State Constitution, two on expanding voting rights and one on legislative redistricting reform, were defeated by the voters in this year’s general election. Two other ballot proposals were passed. In order to appear on the ballot for voters to approve or disapprove, all five proposed amendments had to…
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New York City was the epicenter of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic as it began in the United States. It recorded its first death from the disease on March 1, 2020. The city’s economy also suffered a massive setback during the lockdown in the early months of the pandemic. A full job recovery is still several…
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The United States Census released the nation’s population data by congressional and state legislative district on August 12, setting underway the re-districting of legislative seats, controlled by each individual state. The process will now unfold in New York and around the nation, with control of the House of Representatives and state legislatures on the line.…
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The New York City Department of Health has been publishing daily vaccination counts and rates at which the overall population and different groups have been getting vaccinated. The population baseline the City has been using comes from a US Census July 2019 estimate of the City’s population, shown here below in an excerpt from the…
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Governor Andrew Cuomo will soon be in the rearview mirror for New Yorkers as a result of his announced resignation on August 10, 2021, effective 14 days later. A fresh start will be a welcome relief for all New Yorkers. That is because, as we face 2022, everyone who seeks a government that strives for…
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Here are the New York Congressional District Populations from the Census https://bit.ly/3g0BVXC . Thanks to @Mike Conlow for extracting this info. Although some districts either blend into NYC or blend out to the suburbs, Long Island is CDs 1-4, New York City is CDs 5-16. New York will have to lose one seat, going to…
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My wife and I opened our mail ballots in May 2021, several weeks before the Democratic primaries for offices in New York City, to see the amazing cornucopia of choices before us, for both candidates and candidate rankings. The first set of choices were a bounty of candidates. There were 13 candidates for Mayor, 10…
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The United States reached 69.6% of adults 18+ having at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine dose as of July 29th, 2021. 60.4% of adults are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC COVID Data Tracker, shown in this CDC table: The number of new vaccinations is increasing. This Washington Post graph, drawn from CDC…
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The New York City Board of Elections has reported 798,000 in person votes in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, with about 97% of the scanners from the voting machines recorded as of June 23rd, the day after the primary. The Board is also providing a daily update of mail ballots. As of Thursday…
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The Democratic primaries for New York City public office will be over on Tuesday, June 22nd, but it will likely be at least several weeks before the public knows who won them, according to press reports. It’s not clear if we will get an in-person turnout number on election night, even though we won’t have…
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