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Your Guide to All Those Political Texts: Polls, Surveys and More

This article is adapted from our May 15 edition of RANKED CHOICES, THE CITY’s weekly election newsletter. Click here to sign up. Dear New Yorkers, Your phone buzzes; it’s a text. You hope it’s your crush. Instead, it’s a message from an unknown number asking if you’d like to participate in a survey asking voters […]
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Arrested by the NYPD but Not Prosecuted, They’re Now Imprisoned in El Salvador

This story was produced in collaboration with Documented. The detention and deportation of 19-year-old Merwil Gutiérrez Flores to a megaprison in El Salvador earlier this year set off a huge firestorm when it was first reported by Documented because the Venezuelan had no criminal record and a pending asylum application. But a previously unreported interaction […]
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New York’s Highest Court Hears Final Arguments in Medicare Advantage Case

ALBANY — A panel of judges on New York’s highest court heard final arguments on Thursday in the long-running case over the fate of a controversial plan to switch the city’s 250,000 retirees to Medicare Advantage —- and the hundreds of millions in annual savings for health costs tied up in the deal. Central to […]
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Why Am I Getting So Many NYC Election Texts?

Your phone buzzes. Could it be a friend inviting you to happy hour? Your partner sharing the song they can’t stop listening to? Your coworker sending you a TikTok? Nope! It’s a poll asking for your thoughts on local election issues. Maybe it’s from a recognizable academic institution like Marist or Siena colleges, or a […]
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Surprising Stances in Meet Your Mayor Candidate Answers

With early voting in the June primary just a month away, voters will soon rank their top five choices for who they want to be the next mayor of New York City. THE CITY, in partnership with Gothamist, surveyed candidates starting in March, asking them to make tough decisions about the city’s most pressing issues […]
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