Presents the Center for Voting and Democracy's analysis of elections to the 32 Community School Board districts in New York City. Preference voting system of proportional voting's effectiveness in complex, multiracial electorates; Threshold of representation for one seat; Reasons for Latino under-...
In addition, Anderson was elected to serve on the board of directors for the Friends of Dyken Pond, which helps support the Rensselaer County Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center in providing outdoor recreation and youth development opportunities. Cristina Freyre Batt Senior Vice Pr...
“My work with Assemblyman Stern goes back to his time at the county, where he championed many programs that positively affected the lives of our veterans, including the Joseph P. Dwyer Veterans Peer Support Project. Since its inception in 2012, the Dwyer Project’s impact on the community h...
This is the text of a talk I gave at New York City DSA’s night school, Socialists of NYC series, May 14, 2024 As the 1960s were turning into the 1970s, New York City was coming off a long economic boom. Sure, we’d lost 151,000 manufacturing jobs between 1950 and the 1969 pe...
We are informed by New York-based media that New Yorkers are highly intelligent Followers of Science and that voters in Arkansas, for example, are stupid. Let’s check out their respective politicians. Arkansans have sentTom Cottonto the House and now Senate in three elections. Here’s part ...
a mayor-dominated Board of Education. The unwieldy system worked only sporadically, and by the 1990s its failures were apparent. In some districts, allies of the teachers’ union dominated elections that were largely ignored by voters. In others, coalitions of minority residents installed poor admi...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Islanders hockey team and Nassau County on Thursday said they had a deal to modernize the arena where the team plays as part of $3.8 billion project that includes a hotel, offices and a convention center. 5PM 30 Sep...
(like almost everywhere, changing your middle name requires a court name change petition ). most places in new york state allow you to at least begin your marriage process online, so log in with your local county clerk's website. a marriage license in new york costs between $35 and $40...
Typically, the bylaws and proprietary lease will let residents and board members know when annual shareholder meetings and elections to the board of directors are held, and how notice is given; the rules governing sponsors and how many seats they may be allotted on the board of directors; when...
The Rivertowns Enterprise, the hometown newspaper of Hastings-on-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, Ardsley, and Irvington in Westchester County, New York, also suspended operations. Read More: New York Is Crawling With Bed Bugs, 2 Cities Among Most Infested "As of Jan. 15, The Rivertowns Enterprise has...