NYC voters approve all 5 ballot proposals from City Hall
New York City also voted on five ballot proposals that Mayor Zohran Mamdini’s office put forward. The post NYC voters approve all 5 ballot proposals from City Hall appeared first on New York Amsterdam News.
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While much of the attention from the Nov. 3 election was focused locally on the gubernatorial race, and local congressional and state wide races, New York City also voted on five ballot proposals that Mayor Zohran Mamdini’s office, though the Commission on Government Efficiency put forward.
Each of the proposals were indented to cut government bureaucracy and make it easier to get numerous permits for doing day-to-day business and New Yorkers approved all of them, unofficial results from the city’s Board of Elections shows.
“Tonight, New Yorkers voted for a government that moves as fast as they do,” said Mamdani in a statement. “From opening outdoor dining faster to speeding up street safety projects to accelerating housing production, we are cutting red tape that will directly address the affordability crisis and help New Yorkers stay in the city they love. Now comes the work of turning these votes into results.”
The proposals came from 10 hearings which were followed by hundreds of briefings with New Yorkers to educate them on the ballot questions.
“In hearing after hearing, briefing after briefing, conversation after conversation, we heard that New Yorkers—from those who depend on City services to the City workers who deliver them—want government to work faster,” Ann Cheng, Executive Director of the Commission on Government Efficiency said in a statement.
Voters responded to the proposals as follows:
Question 1: Speed Up Process for Granting a Revocable Consent to Use Public Space
Yes: 63.38%
No: 36.62%
1735408 votes
Question 2: Reduce City Contractor Paperwork; Require Regular Meetings of Procurement Policy Board
Yes: 61.77%
No: 38.23%
1718837 votes
Question 3: Speed Up Street Safety Projects, Disposition of Unused City Property, Office Leasing
Yes: 65.70%
No: 34.30%
1725743 votes
Question 4: Simplify Building Permitting and Move Waterfront Permitting to Department of Buildings Y
es: 67.67%
No: 32.33%
1707307 votes
Question 5: Set Contribution Targets for Rainy Day Fund to Promote Sufficient Budgetary Reserves
Yes: 72.49%
No: 27.51%
1715031 votes
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