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Early voting starts Oct. 24. Here’s what’s on the ballot, how to vote by mail, if ICE will be at the polls and what the five city ballot proposals would do.
Breaking down NYC’s five 2026 ballot proposals before you vote
New York City voters will cast their ballots for five proposals this midterm election. Those measures come from the New York City Commission on Government Efficiency (COGE), which heard from New Yorkers over a series of 10 public hearings this summer. More than 1,200 people attended, 264 testified live, and over 600 written comments were…
From Elmhurst Hospital patient to pediatric chief resident
Jessica Ludizaca wanted to be a doctor since she was 4 years old. Just before she left New York City for medical school at St. George’s University in Grenada, she broke her wrist. As her cast was being set, she told the doctor she couldn’t make it to the follow-up appointment two weeks later. She…
Will ICE force Mamdani’s hand on the NYPD?
The ICE shooting of Oscar Belgal in the Bronx last week has galvanized some of the city’s anti-ICE forces, but clashes that followed the shooting have also refocused some attention on the NYPD. City police officers showed up in the aftermath of the incident, in which Belgal, 28, was wounded while his 5-year-old son rode…
Jackson Heights gets first community center with funding from city, state and federal officials — and Citi Field casino
Fresh off her only gubernatorial debate with Bruce Blakeman, Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday announced $10 million in state funding to build Jackson Heights’ first-ever community center, part of a development that will also include a pool and affordable housing. The kicker: an additional $10 million came from Metropolitan Park, the controversial casino and entertainment…
Blasting ICE on socials isn’t enough. What New York needs to know — and DO
A friend of mine in Europe recently remarked that many people survived the Holocaust because someone took action to protect them. The histories are not interchangeable. The obligation to save one another is. New York, we are here. On Thursday afternoon, an ICE officer shot Oscar Belgal in the neck in Marble Hill while his…
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