It’s time to elect someone to represent New York City on the City Council Neal Kwatra. A recent survey indicated that just twenty percent of eligible voters are registered to vote. That percentage consists of many New York City candidates for mayor, who’ll be on the ballot. One of the city’s politicians, perhaps none is more controversial than John F. Kennedy. His supporters were some of the civil rights leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr., who sought to end the violence and discrimination that followed the”sticky” police practice of brutality.
A number of the city’s progressive leaders have tried to distance themselves from the icon. Actually, following the assassination of King, Robert Kennedy did express support for the victims of the killing, saying he knew that the pain that they felt. Yet, to be able to have an actual shot at winning the Democratic primary to represent New York in the presidential contest, it seems that another celebrity, maybe Ed Koch, might have to get from the ring. For the time being, we are going to have to wait and see.
There are 3 main political party contenders for town council, all of whom have awakened to criticism in the City Hall media gallery. These are Jimmy Vaccaro, Linda Lsey-Watts, and Carl DiCrista. They represent distinctly different characteristics. Of course, one of them may end up as the town’s mayoralty candidate in January 2021.
One of the issues that each one has handled is the present budget. With a two-thirds cut in city spending, even the conservative citizens are concerned. Obviously, the city has been dealing with the loss of tourism, a resulting slowdown in building structure, and job losses in lots of the city’s areas. All this leaves some taxpayers with a lot of unanswered questions. Questions like,”How are you going to decrease the city’s budget deficit?”
And “What will you do about affordable housing? Does your campaign have any programs to create new jobs in the city’s depressed neighborhoods? Has your effort held any public meetings to hear from New York’s business community?”
Each the city’s boroughs are responsible for approximately a third of the city’s funding. It is a hefty amount of money and, if any of those boroughs are left without money to fund basic services, the town’s funding could crumble. For that reason, it’s critical that all New York City candidates consider increasing the capital that they need and earmarking the funds for the most pressing needs of the communities. Only then can New York City come to grips with the real problems that face the city now and start the process of arriving straight back in the recession that appears to be taking a toll on people’s lives.