By Mark Green 8/17/10 11:43pm

Op-Ed

Changing the City’s Charter. Again?

Admittedly, there may be hotter subjects this month than the City Charter Commission’s ballot proposals. But an absurd state law nevertheless allows our mayor to hand-pick a commission to deliberate city governance in the dog days of August and put profound changes on the ballot for November. So it’s worth examining.

The risk of Read More

By Eliot Brown 6/03/10 5:39pm

Get Out the Vote

Instant Runoff Voting in NY?

New York City’s system of expensive and time-consuming primary runoffs may be on its way out.

As part of an electoral legislation package, the State Senate Monday passed a bill, sponsored by Senator Liz Krueger, that would set up a three-year trial requiring instant runoff voting in city and county races throughout the state. Instant runoff elections Read More