Why There's a Fierce Pushback Against 5 N.Y.C. Ballot Proposals
Amid the festive sounds and alluring scents of food drifting through the Latin Night Market in Upper Manhattan, Ana María Archila, co-director of the New York Working Families Party, was engaged on a different agenda.
With Election Day nearing, Ms. Archila made the rounds to urge people to vote — not for the left-leaning candidates on her ballot line but against five charter revision proposals for New York City.
The five ballot questions have become a central battleground in a power struggle between Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council as Mr. Adams and his inner circle face federal indictments and several investigations. And in that fight, Ms. Archila knows where she stands.
“The mayor cannot be trusted to remake the balance of power in the city because what he has done is surround himself with people who are suspected of misusing and abusing their power,” Ms. Archila said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/01/nyregion/adams-ny-ballot-questions.html