Remember to Vote On Tuesday, Nov. 3

Help make West 55th Street a block to be reckoned with. Go to the polls next Tuesday.

A phone call to the New York City Board of Elections shows that 12% of the eligible registered voters on our block voted in the primary on September 15. In non-Presidential general elections, our turnout has usually been about 25% of registered voters. We can do better.

Politicians pay attention to regular voters. If more of us vote, we will have a stronger voice in the many decisions that come up after the election.

The mayor’s race is not the only contest that will be decided on Nov. 3. We are also being asked to vote on two amendments to the constitution of the State of New York—one has to do with building a power line in a forest preserve and the other would allow prisoners to work voluntarily for non-profit organizations.

If you live on the south side of the block, you will be voting on in the race for the 3rd City Council District with candidates Christine Quinn and Brian C. Merritt.

If you live on the north side of the block, you will be voting in the race for 6th City Council District with candidates Gale Brewer and Joshua Goldberg

We will also be voting for Borough President, Public Advocate, City Comptroller, District Attorney, a Supreme Court judge and two judges for the 3rd municipal court district. You can download a pdf listing all the candidates and proposed amendments by going to this url: http://www.vote.nyc.ny.us/pdf/documents/boe/2009GeneralElection/CandidacyList.pdf

So no matter who you want to see as mayor of New York City, please vote on Tuesday!

The polling booth for the south side of the block (ED 006) is PS 111 at 440 West 53rd. The polling booth for the north side of the block (ED 007) is the High School for Environment Studies at 444 W. 56th. The Board of Elections has a handy poll finder on the web if you have any doubts.

And for those of you who are curious about the actual numbers . . .

West 55th between Eighth and Ninth Avenues is split between two election districts.

ED 006 is made up of the south side of West 55th, the west side of Eighth Avenue from West 54th to West 55th, the north side of West 54th and the East side of Ninth Avenue from West 54th to West 55th.

ED 007 is made up of the north side of West 55th, the west side of Eighth from West 55th to West 56th, the south side of West 56th and the East side of Ninth Avenue from West 55th to West 56th.


Go to http://www.vote.nyc.ny.us/maps.html and click on Assembly District 67 to see a map of Election Districts for our neighborhood.

ED 006 had 1211 registered voters as of April 2009—of whom 725 were registered as Democrats and 160 were registered as Republicans.

ED 007 had 1205 registered voters as of April 2009—of whom 768 were registered as Democrats and 172 were registered as Republicans.

If you want to double-check these numbers or get the numbers for your own Election District, call the Candidate Records Unit at 212-487-5418 for the number of people who voted and 212-487-5315 for the number of registered voters.