Questions tagged [new-york]
Questions relating to the government or politics of New York, a state of the United States
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How does New York preserve the privacy of voters in a public space?
Today's (Nov 5, 2024) online edition of the New York Times has an image showing electronic voting booths in a polling station in Brooklyn, New York. (original URL of NYT image)
The booths have ...
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Need help understanding NYS 2023 ballot proposals [closed]
The ballot proposals state:
A. The proposed amendment to Article 8, section 4 of the Constitution
removes the special constitutional debt limitation now placed on small
city school districts, so they ...
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Why, if at all, do municipal governments in the US not seek to spread out immigration?
Recently, the Republican governors of many states in the USA have been pursuing a strategy of sending immigrants to specific cities with Democratic governments. While the reception has been mostly ...
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Why was the primary for the NY-3 district canceled, allowing George Santos to run as a Republican uncontested?
According to Ballotpedia:
The Republican primary election was canceled. George Devolder-Santos advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 3.
Why was it canceled? Did no ...
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Why did New York try to pass a bill to allow disability schools to 'keep' money they were 'not required to pay back'?
Back in October, Governor Hochul vetoed a bill with unanimous support that would have allowed special education providers to keep federal PPP loan money.
The state Legislature unanimously passed a ...
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Cook PVI of New York Independent Redistricting Commission proposals?
The New York State Independent Redistricting Commission has released congressional plans last September. FiveThirtyEight has documented the partisan lean of each district today according to its ...
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Does the New York State Legislature have to accept a proposal from the state redistricting commission' without a 2/3 supermajority override vote?
In New York State, there is a bipartisan commission that was chosen by voters in 2014 and is designed to reduce the potential of bias from redistricting in the state. New York lawmakers tried to pass ...
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Differences between impeachment and conviction of US president and New York State governor once they are out of office?
note: not asking specifically about Trump & Cuomo.
A recent US president was impeached twice in their first term by the US House and both times acquitted by the Senate. The second trial from ...
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What is an impeachable offense for the governor of NY?
Under what circumstances can the governor of New York be impeached?
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What is the significance of the light blue "ribbon" style lapel pins worn by Cuomo and Schumer?
I saw this photo of NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Sen. Chuck Schumer, both of them are wearing the same or similar lapel pins:
There was no date given for the picture.
The other people visible in the ...
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Why are there so few polling sites in New York?
Early voting is open in many places, including New York City.
The New York Times reports long lines at the polling stations with waiting times of several hours, sometimes deterring voters.
It reports ...
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How did the neighborhood of Harlem vote in the 2016 presidential election?
I was thinking about the neighborhood of Harlem in New York City. I read that only 3 percent of the voters in this neighborhood are registered as Republicans and over 80% are registered as Democrats. ...
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How do the conservative media commentators skeptical of Covid-19 explain [away] the freezer truck rows in NYC?
It's been reported that a certain part of the conservative media in the US is highly skeptical of the Covid-19 death figures, suggesting they are probably overcounted e.g.
Fox News’s Brit Hume, who ...
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How overcrowded are NY parks? Have they been deemed dangerously so from a public health perspective during this Covid-19 outbreak? [closed]
According to a NY Post article, parks in New York have become so overcrowded during this Covid-19 outbreak (supposedly because residents can't find anywhere else to go, e.g. restaurants are closed), ...
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Does the US President have the power to quarantine a state or other locality?
On Saturday, March 28th, President Trump told reporters that he was "considering imposing a quarantine on New York state". He later tweeted that he was giving consideration to a quarantine of "hot ...
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Why did NYC vote republican candidates for mayor from 1993-2009 but not for other posts?
New York City is considered one of the bluest city in the USA. From wikipedia it has not been voted any republican president since 1924. Currently the city council has 48 democrats and only 3 ...
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What type of employees are "obliged to join a union as a condition of employment" in New York?
This is an excerpt from an article explaining why Amazon is reconsidering opening its headquarters in New York:
New York is a pro-labor city, whereas Virginia is a right-to-work state where ...
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Where are detailed results of New York State elections available?
Where can I find published the official election results for New York State (USA)?
We just had an election which included many NY State offices (as well as federal US) but their results are very hard ...
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What's the deal with the Independent Democratic Conference?
The New York Times reported that Democrats in Albany "have agreed to reunite and end seven years of infighting." Wikipedia indicates that the problem grew out of the 2009 crisis, in which two ...
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Currently, do prison inmates in the state of New York do "hard labor"?
A relative is insisting that currently, in our state, which is New York, prison inmates are required to do "hard labor." I was skeptical, but I tried to find some evidence of this by searching the ...
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Who was responsible for appointing Loretta Lynch to the New York Fed in 2003?
The Wikipedia biography of Attorney General Loretta Lynch says that she held a board seat at the New York Fed from 2003 to 2005. On what basis did she get the job and who appointed her?
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Do absentee ballots exist for primary elections?
As someone who was born in the US (New York, specifically) but moved out of the country when I was a child, is it possible for me to vote in the primary? (I am still a US citizen)
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