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NYC school system pauses parent council elections over ballot problems
Parents began reporting issues with their online ballots in the early morning, including candidates who had withdrawn their ...
Staten Islanders head to the polls for early voting in special election
The last contested general election in 2021 on Staten Island’s South Shore saw Borelli, a Republican, best Democrat Oivia ...
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‘Technical issues’ take NYC parent council elections offline on first day of voting
The city Education Department suspended voting Friday to address “technical issues” with voting for the parent councils.
Sen. Chris Murphy's 'emergency' message about Trump is connecting with Democratic voters
Chris Murphy has been touring the country talking to voters, and some people are starting to view the Democratic senator from Connecticut as worthy of the national spotlight ...
Here’s a look at how ranked-choice voting works ahead of Staten Island special election
Poll sites, which can be found on the Board of Election website, will be open Monday, and Tuesday from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.; on ...
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NYC is faltering — and a bailout from Washington is highly unlikely
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the New York City fiscal crisis of 1975. After years of budgetary and accounting shenanigans, the Standard & Poor’s ratings agency suspended the ...
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New Salem draws crowded field of Republicans seeking council, mayor and tax collector seats
The crowded field is a rarity for the borough, sometimes called York New Salem for postal reasons since there is another New Salem in Pennsylvania.
Surveillance video shows New York-to-Paris flight stowaway slipping past gate agents
Surveillance video shows the woman who was able to sneak onto a New York-to-Paris flight without a boarding pass late last year got on the plane by glomming onto a group of passengers as they passed ...