This year in New York City we’ll use ranked choice voting in the mayoral primary elections. The city’s first big test of the system was in 2021, when current Mayor Eric Adams was voted in as the Democratic nominee after eight rounds of tallying. But even with a little experience and plenty of explainers, the […]

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This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project,  a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for their newsletters, and follow them on  Instagram, TikTok, Reddit and Facebook.  When New York corrections officers attack prisoners in infirmaries — as has happened dozens of times in the past 15 years — it is nurses who must document and treat […]

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Last year’s organized protest of U.S. government support for the war in Gaza in the Democratic presidential primary resulted in more than 40% of ballots cast blank in many Brooklyn and Queens election districts, a new city Campaign Finance Board assessment finds. The blank-ballot protest of former President Joe Biden garnered the most support in […]

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The city Campaign Finance Board has once again rejected Mayor Eric Adams’ request for campaign matching funds, as it significantly expands its investigation into Adams’ political fundraising following a trail of evidence revealed by THE CITY. In an April 15 letter, the CFB stood by its prior decision not to award Adams $4 million in […]

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These New Yorkers are among the last of a vanishing breed who swear by the swipe or the dip of a MetroCard. With the MTA in a transition to full OMNY tap-and-go technology, transit officials said Monday that one-third of last month’s 146 million subway and bus riders remain MetroCard loyalists — even with sales […]

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