How to vote early
BY BEN VERDE
For the second year in a row, and in the lead up to one
of the most consequential elections in American history,
Brooklynites will get the chance to vote early starting this
Saturday.
With questions over the state’s handling of mail-in
ballots during the June primary, voting early is a great
way to avoid crowded poll sites and ensure your ballot is
counted.
Brooklyn voters will have 10 days to vote early — from
Oct. 24 through Nov. 1 — at 27 sites across the borough before
Election Day on Nov. 3. To fi nd out which early voting
site you are assigned to, visit fi ndmypollsite.vote.nyc.
The following sites in Kings County will be
used as poll sites:
•Carey Gardens Community Center (2315 Surf Ave.)
•FDR High School (5800 20th Ave.)
•Kings Theatre (1027 Flatbush Ave.)
•Brooklyn College (2946 Bedford Ave.)
•Park Slope Armory YMCA (361 15th St.)
•Council Center for Senior Citizens (1001 Quentin Rd.)
•Williamsburg Community Center (195 Graham Ave.)
•Barclays Center (620 Atlantic Ave.)
•Masonic Temple (317 Clermont Ave.)
•Taylor Wythe Community Center (80 Clymer St.)
•Dance Atlantic Studio (2796 Fulton St.)
•PS 68 (956 E. 82nd St.)
•Youth Center (2739 Harway Ave.)
•St. Dominic’s (2001 Bay Ridge Pkwy.)
•BOE location (5201 Ave. N)
•Our Lady of Perpetual Help (552 59th St.)
•Fort Hamilton High School (8301 Shore Rd.)
•Bushwick Campus (400 Irving Ave.)
•IS 33 (70 Tompkins Ave.)
•New York City College of Technology (285 Jay St.)
•Saratoga Village (940 Hancock St.)
•Van Dyke Community Center (392 Blake Ave.)
•Vandalia Center (47 Vandalia Ave.)
•God’s Battalion Church (661 Linden Blvd.)
•St. John’s Recreation Center (1251 Prospect Pl.)
•Joesph A. Miccio Community Center (110 W. 9th St.)
Polls will be open the following days and
hours:
Oct. 24 and Oct. 25: from 10 am to 4 pm
Oct. 26: from 7 am to 3 pm
Oct. 27 and Oct. 28: from 12 pm to 8 pm
Oct. 29: from 10 am to 6 pm
Oct. 30: from 7 am to 3 pm
Oct. 31 and Nov. 1: from 10 am to 4 pm
To ensure public safety amid the ongoing coronavirus
pandemic, all poll workers are required to wear masks and
masks will be provided to voters who need them. There
will fl oor markers to help maintain social distancing and
antiviral wipes will be available as needed. Voters will be
able to keep the pens they use to fi ll out their ballots and
voting machines will be cleaned regularly with antiseptic
wipes.
To confi rm that you are registered to vote, visit:
COURIER LIFE, OCT. 23-29, 2020 5
Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis and Rep. Max Rose will face off in the contentious District 11 congressional
race in November. File photo by Tom Callan / Max Rose for Congress
Malliotakis: If elected to congress, Malliotakis
said she would focus on investing in
local infrastructure to update the subway system
and restore the state and local tax deduction
known as SALT, which allows some home
owners to get deductions on their local property
taxes.
She also would also propose putting a lockbox
on certain federal funding for city and
state entities, such as the NYPD, to make sure
that the funding is used as it was intended, she
said.
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Rose: If reelected, Rose said he would
prioritize addressing the COVID-19 pandemic
by investing in public heath infrastructure
and scaling up testing and treatment.
To mitigate the economic fallout,
Rose said he will work to earmark federal
aid for healthcare institutions and for state
and local governments.
He also said he would commit to a significant
multi-trillion bill to update the country’s
transportation infrastructure and invest
in green energy.
THE VERRAZZANO TOLL
Malliotakis: Malliotakis said state efforts
to give Brooklyn residents a discount on
the Verrazzano Bridge toll — which is the most
expensive in the country at $19 roundtrip —
have failed because some Brooklyn legislators
don’t want to reduce the funds for mass transit,
which the toll pays for.
“The problem with getting some type of relief
is that there isn’t the will from our colleagues in
some parts of Brooklyn,” she said.
Rose: Rose said he has authored two
bills in congress that would help lower tolls
nationwide. One bill introduced in May
would allow the MTA to use toll revenue
not just to fund public transit, but to provide
discounts to locals. Another bill introduced
in May would allow commuters who
spend more than $1,000 annually on the toll
to receive a tax credit. Neither bill has come
for a vote as of Oct. 21.
ABORTION
Malliotakis: Malliotakis is pro-life
with the exceptions of the life of the mother,
rape, or incest, she said, but added she doesn’t
hold black-and-white views on abortion.
“I don’t think this is a black-and-white issue.
I think it’s very personal to people. I would
consider myself pro-life, my voting record is as
such,” she said, noting her no vote on a state bill
that would legalize late-term abortions.
Rose: Rose said he is completely pro-
Choice and doesn’t believe in any abortion
restrictions.
“I ardently believe that a woman should
have the right to make decisions about her
own reproductive health and about her
body, with the consultation of a doctor of
course, but she has the abject 100-percent
right to make those decisions,” he said.
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As of press time, FiveThirtyEight gives Rose a 72% chance,
and Malliotakis a 28% chance.