12 JUNE 17, 2021 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
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: The 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
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to lead the city out of the worst health
crisis in a century which devastated
our economy.
The 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.
They 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.
They will also be tasked with handling
land-use issues and passing new
regulations that will impact every
New Yorker almost on a block-by-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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