New York City Campaign Finance Board

New Yorkers have the right to vote in their language. Did you know that 48% of New Yorkers speak a language other than English at home? Translating voter resources is essential to ensuring everyone’s voice is heard in our democracy. On International Translation Day, we’re celebrating the invaluable contributions of our Language Access Team: Crystal Choy, Santiago Torres, Karla Matute Parini (She/Her), and Tenzin Yangkyi. Thanks to their efforts, NYC's Official Voter Guide is now available in 13 languages: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Korean, French, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Polish, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, and Urdu. At the New York City Campaign Finance Board, we’re expanding language access in New York’s democracy by: ✔️ Ensuring election and voting materials are accessible in multiple languages. ✔️ Making policy recommendations to support language equity. ✔️ Partnering with organizations that serve immigrant communities to provide in-language voter education and engagement. New Yorkers have the right to vote in their language—and it’s our job to ensure they can access that right.

New Yorkers have the right to vote in their language. Did you know that 48% of New Yorkers speak a language other than English at home? Translating voter resources is essential to ensuring everyone’s voice is heard in our democracy. On International Translation Day, we’re celebrating the invaluable contributions of our Language Access Team: Crystal Choy, Santiago Torres, Karla Matute Parini (She/Her), and Tenzin Yangkyi. Thanks to their efforts, NYC's Official Voter Guide is now available in 13 languages: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Korean, French, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Polish, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, and Urdu. At the New York City Campaign Finance Board, we’re expanding language access in New York’s democracy by: ✔️ Ensuring election and voting materials are accessible in multiple languages. ✔️ Making policy recommendations to support language equity. ✔️ Partnering with organizations that serve immigrant communities to provide in-language voter education and engagement. New Yorkers have the right to vote in their language—and it’s our job to ensure they can access that right.

In response to the indictment of Mayor Eric Adams, Frederick Schaffer, Chair of the NYC Campaign Finance Board, released the following statement: "The New York City Campaign Finance Board is closely reviewing the indictment unsealed this morning by the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. The allegations detailed in the indictment are very serious, for New Yorkers and for those of us working to make our elections more accessible, transparent, and accountable to our city. "While the mayor is presumed innocent until proven guilty and deserves due process, the Board will nonetheless review all relevant information, including but not limited to the indictment, in order to uphold our city’s campaign finance rules and protect taxpayer dollars."

Over the last few months, we have been working with our client, the New York City Campaign Finance Board, to plan and execute on-the-ground activations that combine brand awareness advertising and peer-to-peer voter engagement. These events have helped to raise awareness of the New York City Campaign Finance Board and their NYC Votes initiative while also providing the opportunity to engage directly with voters in priority communities across the city. Most recently, we supported the New York City Campaign Finance Board's partnership and activation with the West Indian Day Parade and Carnival in Brooklyn, NY. It was incredible to join community partners and the New York City Campaign Finance Board team on the parkway for a day of celebration, joy, and voter engagement! 

Most of NYC is registered to vote (80%), but that still leaves millions of eligible New Yorkers unregistered. Today is National Voter Registration Day --  America’s largest nonpartisan civic holiday. Today is also a chance to reflect on the fact that NYC currently has more registered voters than Chicago, Houston, and Philadelphia. Nearly 4 out of every 5 city residents are registered and eligible to cast their ballot. But in a city of over 8 million, it’s still not enough. So what can we do about it? Read up on how NYC Votes is engaging unregistered voters across the city in our latest blog post about National Voter Registration Day ⤵ https://lnkd.in/eTEDymsU

6 proposals that will affect NYC are on the ballot this year. We want to know what you think of them. We will share comments on each proposal in the city’s Official online Voter Guide. The deadline to submit your statement is 5pm TODAY. https://lnkd.in/eJgByTfR

This fall, when you vote in the general election you’ll have the chance to vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ on six ballot proposals that affect changes across New York. Share your thoughts on them with us! Proposal 1 adds additional language to the state constitution protecting the rights of more NYers.  Proposal 2 will increase the Department of Sanitation’s authority to ensure clean city streets. Proposal 3 would change budget requirements and deadlines prior to hearings on local laws. Proposal 4 would require advance notice before votes on laws affecting operations of the Police, Correction, or Fire Departments. Proposal 5 would require more detail when assessing maintenance needs of City facilities. Proposal 6 would create a new role to support MWBEs, allow the Mayor to designate which agency issues film permits, and merge two boards that manage city records into one. Read more on the proposals and share an official statement at the link below. We plan to share public comments in support of and against each proposal in the city’s Official online Voter Guide. The deadline to submit your statement is 5pm EST Friday, September 6th. https://lnkd.in/eJgByTfR

Election Day is in 90 days. “People usually only care about what’s at the top of their ballot when there’s so many other things to vote for.” Watch Timothy Hunter, M.P.A., Press Secretary at New York City Campaign Finance Board, discuss how NYC Votes is galvanizing voters to register in the countdown to Election Day on NY1 News. https://lnkd.in/ehzksJVy

Listen in! NYC Votes Youth Ambassadors were featured on WNYC Radio's 'Suds and Civics' program👇

Far more Gen Z will be eligible to vote this year, but what will it take to get them to the polls? It's estimated that 40 million + members of Gen Z will be eligible to cast a ballot this fall. Young voters are about one-fifth of the U.S. electorate. In presidential election years, voters aged 18 to 29 generally have higher turnout than they do in non-presidential years. For example, turnout for this age group increased by 3.4% from the 2016 to the 2020 general election. As Gen Z connects the dots between their daily struggles and what’s on the ballot, young voters are joining the civic engagement conversation in greater numbers. Both to express their support for candidates and to hold them accountable. But how do we ensure eligibility translates to action at the polls? We’ve got until November 5, 2024, to figure it out. https://lnkd.in/dTm_x_YB