Elections

Elections 2024: Bronx LGBTQ+ Community Voices Opinion on Prospect of Trump Presidency

By SHERICA DALEY
In Election 2024, based on polling data and supporting policies important to the LGBTQ+ community, Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden shows a leg up on former U.S. President and Republican presidential nominee for 2024, Donald Trump, with LGTBQ+ voters. “LGTBQ+ voters are key in the 2024 Election,” said Kelley Robinson, president of The Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ+ right groups in the United States. “We’re going to be the deciding factor.”

City Council Member Eric Dinowitz Confirms Full Restortion of Proposed Budget Cuts to NYC Public Libraries

By SÍLE MOLONEY
After months of what was described as dogged perseverance, District 11 City Council Member Eric Dinowitz, described by his office as a well-known champion for investment in local public libraries, confirmed that the previously proposed cuts to the public library budget will be fully restored as part of the latest FY 2025 $112 billion city budget, broadly agreed between Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council on Friday, June 28.

UPDATE Primaries 2024: Unofficial Bronx Results & Reaction on Election Night, Latimer Declares Victory in NY-16

By SÍLE MOLONEY, EMILY SAWAKED, ARIEL PACHECO, MIRIAM QUIÑONES & ASHLEY CASTILLO
Despite the prolonged heatwave which could have possibly deterred some voters from showing up to vote for their local representatives on Primary Election Day, NYC Board of Elections reported that at three hours before poll closure on Tuesday, June 25, 20,946 voters had shown up to vote in The Bronx, and 148,355 across the City.  The initial unofficial local results are listed below after poll closure for the races in the north Bronx, with Rep. Jamaal Bowman declaring an early lead in the most contentious Democratic Primary race (NY-16). Anyone who was in line at 9 p.m. can still vote so these results will be updated as we receive more information.