Tag: elections
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Voters to decide on community board term limits
On election day, voters decide whether to impose community board term limits — as officials argue over whether expertise or diversity matters most.
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Listen up: Your future’s talking
Sometimes younger people — not older ones — are hard of hearing.
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Finding the funny in the presidential campaigns
Comedians at Electoral Dysfunction use political satire to cope with the 2016 presidential election.
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Hamilton cast draws voter registration crowd
Cast members from the hit musical “Hamilton” drew crowds as they registered people to vote.
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On the outside: protest at the debate
Photos tell the story of various groups who took to the streets to protest outside the presidential debates at Hofstra University.
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Speak up: What people who aren’t at the podium have to say
We hit the streets — and got on buses and landed on rooftops — to find out what the residents of Midtown West want the candidates to address.
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Election Night in New York City
Follow The Midtown Gazette on Storify to see our election night coverage, updated throughout the evening.
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Johnson campaign HQ: The wait begins
Third district city council candidate Corey Johnson’s headquarters were a mix of sleep deprivation and adrenaline on the morning of the primary election. Johnson’s mother was in town to help with last-minute campaigning.
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NYC Election Fever: Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center was draped in red, white and blue to celebrate Election Day.
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Voters Ask: Does My Vote Matter?
To vote or not to vote, that is the question — and all over Midtown West, people are coming up with different answers.
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Midtown Poll Watch
Crowds clogged the CUNY Graduate Center polling place today, both locals who planned to vote there and displaced voters who hadn’t. A completely unscientific exit poll predicted President Obama the winner.
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College Students: Yes, No, Maybe Someday
At The New School, many students feel uninformed about major issues in this presidential election.
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Should Faith Determine Whom You Vote For?
A week before the 2012 Presidential elections, a multi-faith panel discussed the relationship between faith and politics and the role of religion in driving people to vote.
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Voters by the Numbers
We, along with anyone even vaguely familiar with the west side of Midtown Manhattan, can predict now that President Barack Obama, along with down-ballot democrats, will win big in the neighborhood. We are not competing, nor can we, with pollsters like The New York Times’ Nate Silver, so we’ve chosen not to focus on the…
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It’s (Still) the Economy, Stupid
Midtown West is an undisputed liberal strong hold, with the majority of voters registered as Democrats. But, with just a couple weeks left before the election, our editorial team took to the streets to get a closer look at what concerns are driving voters to the polls this year.
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“We The People” Art Exhibit Opens in Chelsea
The art exhibit “We The People” has opened at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Project Space on West 19th Street in Chelsea. The theme of the exhibit is the 2012 presidential election campaign. The show consists of art reflecting major political topics like health care and gay rights, that will help to determine the outcome of…
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