Our Voter Guide Is Back!
Recommendations about the most important votes on our ballots this November
It’s four weeks until Election Day—the finish line for this seemingly interminable campaign cycle. Depending on what we do at the ballot box, it could also be the starting line for a very different New York City.
Big decisions are in our hands. To help New Yorkers make them, we’re once again offering our NYC 2025 Voter Guide, which you can find at www.nyc2025.com. It’s a no-nonsense resource about the most important choices we’re facing, with straightforward advice about how to make the right ones.
In June, we highlighted nearly twenty hotly contested primaries happening in districts across the city. This time, the most competitive and most important decision will be on all of our ballots: whether to amend the city charter to speed affordable housing production.
As the city faces skyrocketing rents, displacement, and homelessness, we have a generational opportunity to improve the process to approve new homes. As usual, entrenched interests want to preserve the status quo. It’s critical that we share clear information about what these amendments will do—and why we need them.
Perhaps less competitive but also hugely important are the open races for mayor and comptroller, citywide offices that will set the city’s path and determine the quality of its governance. We’re cutting through the bluster to offer a clear-eyed take we hope you’ll share.
Click through to the full study guide—but, if you want to skip to the answer key, here are our top-line recommendations:
Charter Amendments: We think everyone should vote Yes on Ballot Questions 2-6 to speed the creation of critically needed housing, modernize the city map, and increase turnout in local elections.
Mayor: We recommend Zohran Mamdani, who is encouragingly incorporating supply-side solutions into his ambitious policy roadmap—and asserting commitment to outcomes-oriented governance.
Comptroller: We enthusiastically endorse Mark Levine, who will bring deep experience and visionary leadership to the second-most-important office in the city.
We were thrilled to hear that the Voter Guide was an essential resource for many voters during the primary, and now it’s in our hands to get the word out over this home stretch. Please post about it on social media, text it to your group chats, and share it with your friends and families!
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Thanks!
Ryder and Catherine