Change NY Primary system from Closed to Open
New York is one of nine states where primaries are closed to enrolled party members. Should we open it up so those of a different party or any voter can…
“Ghost” county committee is an unspoken practice that happens more often than you think!
Ali Najmi and The City’s expose on Brooklyn’s Democrat County Committee primaries has been going on in every election cycle, even when there is no challenger. Other parties do it…
LG Brian Benjamin bill passed lightening fast; even faster, his replacement
State Senate introduced bill S8949 on April 29 that would allow a candidate on the ballot be removed who has either been arrested OR charged OR convicted. The American jurisprudence…
Queens population decreased by 64,648 from April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2021.
According to Census Population Estimates, at least 2.7% of the county’s residents moved out since the 2020 census. That exodus may have been accelerated because the number of active registered…
Congressional and State Senate lines are “void” per NYS Court of Appeals
New maps will be drawn by the neutral expert Dr. Jonathan Cervas. Can we take a breath? It’s not over until it’s over.
NYS Congressional lines ruled “unconstitutional”!
The NYS Appellate Court, Fourth Department, decided that the Albany legislature must redraw the Congressional lines. The case is now before the Court of Appeals on April 26, 2022. State…
Board of Elections is now counting signatures in a petition?!
When the Board considers a petition to be short in the number of collected signatures, it traditionally used a weight test. For Theresa Sebastian, Republican candidate for State Assembly in…
In a split AD, should the petition signature requirement be reduced?
Democrat Party has Part A and Part B district leaders in many assembly districts, and their signature requirement is the same as the public official representing their district when petitioning,…
Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 perpetuates housing crisis!
Senate Bill S6458 was one of many bills that Albany passed when it took control of the State Senate in 2019 including bail reform and congestion pricing!