Elections

Midterms, misinformation and violence

New Yorkers must decipher fact from fiction amidst the spread of online misinformation and news of election-related violence during an already contentious midterm season – and here’s how nonprofits are taking action.

  • By Aliana Jabbary, NYN Media

Opinion

Opinion: The power of the AAPI vote in 2022 and beyond

Here’s why the Asian American Pacific Islander community needs to be counted going into the midterm elections.

  • By April Somboun, NYN Media

Nonprofits

Nonprofits advocate for voting rights through midterms

Legal protections for voters expanded this summer when the landmark John Lewis Voting Rights Act was passed, yet threats continue to creep up in the court system.

  • By Aliana Jabbary

Opinion

Thousands of detained New Yorkers are eligible to vote. Few likely will.

A lack of reporting and adequate voter assistance materials that plagues jail facilities throughout the state leaves doubts that many incarcerated individuals will cast ballots in the upcoming primary elections

  • By Madalyn Stewart, NYN Media

Nonprofits

Is this nonprofit responsible for Eric Adams’ primary win?

  • By Jeff Coltin

Working Families Party

The WFP’s Bill Lipton on state Senate Democratic reunification

The Working Families Party's New York state political director Bill Lipton said that while he supports reunification and the ascension of Andrea Stewart-Cousins to lead a united Senate Democratic conference, the WFP is sticking with its endorsements of candidates challenging members of the Senate Independent Democratic Conference.

  • By Grace Segers

Louise Slaughter

Will loss of Slaughter cost Democrats her seat?

Rep. Louise Slaughter's Rochester-area seat could be competitive.

  • By Grace Segers

Campaigns & Elections

Want more minorities to vote? Make it easier to register.

If Cuomo does force the issue in the state budget this year, it is important that he and other voting rights supporters recognize that the single most effective mechanism for increasing turnout and making the electorate more diverse and representative is easing registration.

  • By Sean McElwee