Unsubstantiated rumors about the coronavirus vaccine and fertility have dissuaded some young women in New York’s Orthodox Jewish communities from getting the vaccine.
How Ranked-Choice Voting Could Affect New Yorkâs Mayoral Race
New York City will use a ranking system in the mayorâs race for the first time. A phenomenon known as âballot exhaustion,ââ when every candidate ranked by a voter has been eliminated, could prove decisive.
Credit.Annelise Capossela
May 28, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
The competition for the Democratic mayoral nomination in New York City is wide open. Itâs the kind of race that ranked-choice voting is meant to help, by letting voters support their top choice without forfeiting the opportunity to weigh in on the most viable candidates.
Itâs also the kind of race that might test one of the major risks of ranked-choice voting: a phenomenon known as ballot exhaustion. A ballot is said to be âexhaustedâ when every candidate ranked by a voter has been eliminated and that ballot thus no longer factors into the election.
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Reimagining the Justice System, From Inside the Mayorâs Office
Eric Cumberbatch has been on a mission to curb violence through community outreach.
“We’re at the beginning of a drastic shift,” said Eric Cumberbatch, a deputy director in the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice.Credit.Flo Ngala for The New York Times
By Ted Alcorn
May 13, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
Over the past year, civil rights protests have put American cities under pressure to rethink public safety. Even though calls to âdefund the policeâ have lost some political momentum in New York, part of what the movement pushed for â investing in social services as a way to curb violence â has been a priority in the city for years. Much of that is overseen by Eric Cumberbatch, a deputy director in the Mayorâs Office of Criminal Justice.
Amid a Rivalâs Crisis, Kathryn Garcia Makes a Push
A sexual harassment allegation against Scott Stringer may open a lane in the New York City mayorâs race for Ms. Garcia, a former sanitation commissioner.
Kathryn Garcia said she hoped to appeal to voters âlooking for expertise and experience.âCredit.Hilary Swift for The New York Times
May 4, 2021Updated 9:00 a.m. ET
In her years as a leader in New York City government, Kathryn Garcia earned a reputation as a veteran problem solver and the admiration of political insiders.
But in the months since Ms. Garcia, the cityâs former sanitation commissioner, began her campaign to be the next mayor of New York, she has struggled to use that track record to capture voter interest and break through a crowded field.