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Title: ‘We need action now’: de Blasio and mayoral
hopefuls react to Queens boy’s fatal shooting
Summary: The shooting death of 10-year-old Justin
Wallace in Edgemere on June 5 set off a new wave of
public outrage over gun violence in the fi ve boroughs.
Elected offi cials were angered and called for more
action in communities.
Reach: 4,635 (as of 6/14/2021)
An unpromising start
When early voting polling places
across New York City opened on
Oct. 24, 2020, for the fi rst voters in
the presidential election, they saw a
massive turnout — more than 93,000
people across the fi ve boroughs on
the fi rst day.
But on June 12, 2021, the fi rst day
of early voting in the all-important
Democratic primary for mayor, just
16,867 people showed up to vote —
still a good number for a beautiful
Saturday in June, but just 17 percent
of the turnout seen last October.
It’s a bad sign that the voter interest
in this election — focused primarily
on city government — is nothing
close to last year’s heated presidential
contest.
We’ve said it before, and it bears
repeating: Th e local elections matter,
too — and, in many respects, the
people elected to represent us at City
Hall and Gracie Mansion have a far
greater impact on our everyday lives
than those working in Albany or
Washington, D.C.
We’re about to select a new mayor
to lead the city out of the worst
health crisis in a century which devastated
our economy.
Th e mayor, among other responsibilities,
oversees the NYPD and
the public school system — and will
choose a police commissioner and
a schools chancellor refl ecting their
priorities and reshaping how our
streets are protected and how our
children are educated.
All but a handful of City Council
seats are up for grabs in this election.
Th ey will elect a new speaker who
will hold great infl uence in city government,
working with the mayor to
shape budgets and enact new policy.
Th ey will also be tasked with handling
land-use issues and passing
new regulations that will impact
every New Yorker almost on a blockby
block level.
And in this city where registered
Democrats outnumber registered
Republicans by more than a 3-1 margin,
the winners of the June 22 primaries
are almost certain to win
their seats in the November general
election.
If you were passionate about voting
last November and were willing to
stand in line to cast your ballot, you
ought to do the same this election
cycle — because this primary matters
just as much to the life of our city.
To the victors belong the spoils
— but to the apathetic non-voters
belong the silent shame from refusing
to make their voices heard when
they had the chance.
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Early voting has started for the June 22 primaries. Make sure you go out and vote!
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