Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Elections

Election Open Thread: How Was Your Trip to the Polls?

By Brad Aaron | Sep 15, 2009 | 20 Comments

The gloves are off in District 10 It’s finally here: primary day, with a slew of key races to be decided before the polls close at 9:00 tonight. I’ll be going out to vote a little later, but things are already getting interesting here in Upper Manhattan. After tracking megaphone-wielding candidate caravans over the weekend, […]

Can Livable Streets Activism Revive the Public Advocate’s Office?

By Ben Fried | Sep 14, 2009 | 3 Comments

From a livable streets perspective, the race for public advocate is that rare contest with no clear-cut villains. After the quiet tenure of Betsy Gotbaum, the next public advocate will probably seek a higher profile simply to justify the continued existence of the office. Almost any topic is fair game for the public advocate to […]

New Yorkers: Tomorrow Your Vote Really Counts!

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 14, 2009 | 17 Comments

If you live in New York City you’ve probably been conditioned to believe your vote doesn’t count all that much. Fundraising and media appearances aside, presidential campaigns mostly ignore New York while the Electoral College ensures that the votes of people who live in places like North Dakota and Wyoming are nearly three times more […]

Manhattan’s Next Top Prosecutor: This Is It

By Brad Aaron | Sep 14, 2009 | 3 Comments

L-r: Manhattan DA candidates Richard Aborn, Cy Vance and Leslie Crocker Snyder Two pedestrians were killed in Brooklyn over the weekend. Saturday evening, 66-year-old Fred Wilson took the family dog and went out for ice cream. He had only walked a short distance from his Gerritsen Avenue home when he was hit by an unidentified […]

The Comptroller Race: Who Will Stand Up for Transit?

By Ben Fried | Sep 14, 2009 | 8 Comments

John Liu and David Yassky might be headed for a run-off in the comptroller race. We’ve got two more citywide elections to review on the eve of tomorrow’s primary vote — the contests for comptroller and public advocate. If you’re a little unclear about what these positions do, here’s the short version: The comptroller is […]

The Race for District 26: Who Will Stem the Traffic Tide?

By Ben Fried | Sep 10, 2009 | 1 Comment

Top to bottom: Deirdre Feerick, James Van Bramer, Brent O’Leary. Of all the City Council districts in New York, the one crying out the loudest for transportation reform might just be the seat vacated by Eric Gioia — District 26 in the southwestern corner of Queens. Gioia, after some wobbling, voted yes on congestion pricing […]

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