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There were several special elections for seats vacated in 2020 and early 2021; these special elections were the first to use ranked-choice voting in city council elections after it was approved by a ballot question in 2019 [3] and the second to use ranked-choice voting since New York City repealed PR-STV in 1945. [4]
In 2019, New York City voters passed Ballot Question #1 to amend the City Charter to "give voters the choice of ranking up to five candidates in primary and special elections for mayor, public advocate, comptroller, borough president, and city council beginning in January 2021". [5]
On February 14, 2022, 1,430 New York City municipal workers were fired after refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19. [50] The mandate had been introduced in October 2021 by Adams's predecessor, but kept in place by Adams. [50] In March 2022, Adams ended the city's vaccine mandate for indoor setting and city's mask mandate in public school. [50]
Who's on the New York City ballot? Here's a rundown of the candidates in the top races. List of NYC Election Day candidates in the top races, including mayor, public advocate and comptroller
Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Eric Adams votes in the general election at PS 81 in Brooklyn, New York on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. (Luiz C. Ribeiro/) “He could change the jail system ...
A member of the Democratic Party, he was Speaker of the New York City Council from January 2018 to January 2022. The third district includes Hell's Kitchen, Chelsea, the West Village, as well as parts of Flatiron, SoHo, and the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He also concurrently served as Acting New York City Public Advocate for a few weeks in ...
New York City Mayor Adams (left) holds a cabinet meeting at City Hall in Manhattan, New York on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. Pictured at the right is Frank Carone.
New York City's 32nd City Council district is one of 51 districts in the New York City Council. It has been represented by Republican Joann Ariola since 2022. She replaced Eric Ulrich , who was term limited in 2021 and could not seek re-election. [ 3 ]