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Everything you need to
know about early voting
BY JENNA BAGCAL
jbagcal@schnepsmedia.com
@jenna_bagcal
Early voting for the June
2021 primaries kicks off this
weekend for some key races
in New York City including
mayor, comptroller, public
advocate, City Council and
borough presidents.
From Saturday, June 12,
until Sunday, June 20, voters
can go to cast their ballots
ahead of the Tuesday,
June 22, primary. Th is year’s
primary elections will use
ranked-choice voting,
which allows voters to rank
up to fi ve candidates for
each city offi ce. Th e mayor
recently used a pizza topping
metaphor to explain
ranked choice voting.
Voting.nyc also put out a
helpful video to guide people
heading to the polls.
Ranked-choice voting
will not be used for the
Manhattan district attorney
race.
During the last year, early
voting has proven to be a
popular option for voters
who were not able to get to
the polls on election day.
Just last November, over 1
million New Yorkers came
out to cast their votes early
for the presidential election.
Here is what you should
know ahead of early
voting.
The candidates
Visit voting.nyc/meetthe
candidates/2021-races
to fi nd out who is running
for each of the city offi ces.
Th e Board of Elections also
put out of a list of who is
running for each position.
For even more comprehensive
political coverage
about every single candidate
running for offi ce, visit
PoliticsNY.com.
Where to vote
Early voting is a lot like
voting on election day,
except the hours are more
fl exible and there are more
opportunities to cast ballots.
Find out your early voting
site, which oft en diff ers from
election day sites, at fi ndmy
pollsite.vote.nyc or by
calling 1-866-Vote-NYC.
According to the BOE, there
are 21 early voting sites in
Manhattan, 22 in the Bronx,
32 in Brooklyn, 19 in Queens
and 10 on Staten Island.
Here are the days
and hours for all
early voting locations
through June 20:
• Th ursday, June 17, from 10
a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Friday, June 18, from 7
a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Saturday, June 19, from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Sunday, June 20, from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Photo by Gabriele Holtermann
Mayoral candidate Eric Adams stands with DSNY city workers demanding racial and
gender pay equity at a rally on June 14.
Who do they like?
Wiley, Bagga crossendorse
each other
New York City mayoral candidate
Maya Wiley and City
Council District 26 candidate
Amit Singh Bagga issued a crossendorsement.
Bagga and Wiley made the
announcement in a joint appearance
at the Queensbridge Houses
in Long Island City.
“Amit is a dedicated and brilliant
public servant and a progressive
champion who shares my
vision for the future of New York,”
Wiley said. “From his incredible
work on the Census to his tireless
advocacy to make government
work for working New Yorkers,
Amit is an inspiration.”
Bagga said he was “honored” to
receive Wiley’s endorsement.
“I could not be prouder to support
Maya for mayor, or be more
honored to receive her endorsement
for District 26,” Bagga said.
“With our shared vision and values,
we will build a district, a borough
and a city that off ers economic
opportunity to all, so that
we may all live with dignity and
build power — together.”
Van Bramer scores
four endorsements
Queens borough president
candidate Jimmy Van Bramer,
received four major worker
rights’ endorsements: Retail,
Wholesale and Department Store
Union (RWDSU), Make the Road
Action, New York Communities
for Change, and Amazon Union
leader Christian Smalls.
“It’s incredible to have the support
of this powerhouse trio of
workers rights organizations:
Make the Road Action, New York
Communities for Change, and the
Retail, Wholesale and Department
Store Union,” Van Bramer said.
“We were on the front lines fi ghting
back against a multibilliondollar
tax giveaway to the wealthiest,
most anti-worker corporation
in the world — right here in
Queens — and together we won
with and for workers. I’ve spent
my life defending working families
like the one I came from, and
I’ll always put them fi rst.”
Van Bramer’s other endorsements,
among others, include Senator
Jessica Ramos, Assemblyman Ron
Kim and a slate of progressive City
Council candidates.
Photo via Getty Images
Adams stands with sanitation workers
to call for pay and gender equity
BY GABRIELE HOLTERMANN
editorial@qns.com
@QNS
Mayoral candidate Eric
Adams joined New York City
Department of Sanitation
(DSNY) employees at a rally in
Queens on June 14, demanding
racial and gender pay equity.
The rally occurred as the latest
poll has former Sanitation
Commissioner Kathryn Garcia
running a close second behind
Adams in the race to become the
110th mayor of New York City.
During the following Q&A,
Adams addressed claims that
he was only criticizing Garcia
because she was second in the
latest polls. He said that the sanitation
workers approached him
when they learned that their former
boss was running for mayor.
“They reached out to me and
said, ‘We need you to highlight
what is happening to us. We don’t
want people to vote for someone
without knowing the record
of how she created an environment
where Blacks, Hispanics
and women were treated unfairly,’”
Adams explained.
Earlier this year, 13 Department
of Sanitation enforcement
agents filed a claim with the
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC) against the
city, alleging that women and
minority employees were subject
to unequal pay at the agency and
charging that white and male
employees make twice as much
money as their female and Black
and Brown colleagues.
Surrounded by a group of New
York’s Strongest, representatives
of other city agencies, and elected
officials, Adams called out
the need to ensure equal pay in
all city agencies. He pointed out
pay inequity was not only prevalent
in the DSNY but has seeped
into all city agencies.
The leading mayoral contender
referred to a City Council
study conducted last year revealing
that non-Hispanic workers
earn $8,700 more than Latino
employees.
Black and Brown workers earn
$7,600 less a year than white
workers. The analysis also
showed that male city workers
earn $4,500 more than women
occupying the same position.
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