October 22, 2025 • 18 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
What's up?
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Its way up with Angela Yee and Tim Hunter. You're
back again, Yes, back again, because you know what, it's
going to be an amazing time tonight. We're actually having
this mayoral debate watch party at my coffee shop, Coffee
uplifts people. And this is just to get people to
watch the debates because we're getting ready for voting. Early
voting starts October twenty fifth and November tewod and election
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day is November fourth.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
That's your last time that you can possibly vote.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Yes, that's correct in this election.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
All right, there's so many things that we need to
talk about. And I got my NYC Votes voter guide.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Uh huh, let's see.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Let's see.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
We got the voter guy right here.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
It comes to my house. Lets me know where I'm voting.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Also, because it is important to know where is where
are you heading to for your ballot?
Speaker 1 (00:50):
You can also vote by mail.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
This says October twenty fifth is a deadline to request
your mail ballot online.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
Yep, you can question it online. You got to make
sure it's postmarked by election day.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Where are you you voting?
Speaker 3 (01:00):
To him? I vote early, I go on the first day. However,
you know if you wait till October thirty first, you
might be able to get a nice little Halloween sticker
if you go early on Halloween this year.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Okay, spoiler alert and looks.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
And speaking of getting things, anybody who comes to uss
the debate, New York Magazine is also going to be
having fun with us tonight too, and they're going to
give away what I think like a three month subscription
to people who come to cut some of them.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Yeah, some people are going to end up getting those,
So that's exciting.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Well, it's good. You know, we love Mirik mag and
thank you so much to them for partnering. But we also,
you know, are thankful that you're letting us, you know,
use your coffee shop for civic engagement. It's going to
be a fun night.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
All right.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
So let's talk about what is on the ballot, because
I always tell people make sure that if you don't
have this amazing voter guide that I have, you can
still go online.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
And get it right.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
Yes, the voter guide is available online at NYC votes
dot org and it's available in thirteen languages other than English.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
I got three of them.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
I got Spanish, I got Chinese. Cento my house yeah,
my last names. Ye, they just sent the Chinese one.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
Yeah, it's good. We look at the voter rolls and
we also look at the demographic makeup of your area.
So depending on where you live, like if you're in
South Brooklyn, maybe there's a large Mandarin speaking population or
a large Spanish speaking population. So we try to, like
you know, tailor it. And it's on both sides. So
if you are like, hey, I don't speak this language,
you flip it over. I'm pretty sure you'll speak the
one on the other side. But you know, we're just
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doing everything we can to eliminate the barriers, especially language barriers,
to our democracy because we believe that your vote is
your voice and we want New Yorkers to be able
to have a say in this very consequential general election.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Well, mister Tim Hunter, first let's talk about steps that
you have to take. First and foremost, make sure you're
registered to vote. Yes, And now let's say you're not registered.
Did we miss that deadline?
Speaker 3 (02:43):
No we did not. You have till Saturday, October twenty fifth,
which is the first day of early voting. So if
you're not registered yet, and if you're watching this, thank
you for watching. But make sure you get registered to vote.
Very very important to be registered before you vote in
the upcoming election.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
And we can also check and see and make sure
that we're still registered.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Yeah, if they go to vote dot NYC, you can
check the Board of Elections website. You can check your registration.
We did miss the address change deadline, so if you
have not changed your address as of yet, you might
have to go back to the place where you were
previously registered to vote in this election.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
All right, so you have to be at least eighteen.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Years old, you have to be a US citizen, and
you have to be at your pole site by closing time.
These are the rules when it comes to going to
vote in person.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Yes, and they say like if you're in line, stay
in line, right, So if you get there at the like,
you know, right before polls closed. You know the dates
for early voting may differ on each day, so you
can check your voter guide or look online and see
the dates that early voting will be happening in your
neighborhood or at your pole site. And if you're in
line before the polest close, you have a right to
stay in line until you have your chance to vote.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
All right, get information. You heard it now. There's a
practice ballot here as well.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Yes, So I always find this to be particularly helpful
because when I go in, I'm zoom zoop zoop in
and out because I already did my practice ballot online.
So you can see specifically for wherever you live, right,
who is going to be the candidates that you're voting for.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Yeah, and you can cut it out, right, you can
cut it out, you can write it in who you're
going to vote for. Our voter grads have become very
interactive over the years. And don't forget there is no
rank choice voting in this election, right, so you want
to make sure that you're keeping that in mind as
you're heading to the polls. And you can also bring
your voter guide with you.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Yeah, and just walk in there with that.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
Yeah. You just can't bring in any like information like
that's supporting a candidate, or you can't wear a T
shirt that's supporting a candidate, because that's electioneering. You can
only bring nonpartisan information. And poll workers know they know
what a voter guide looks like. And it's a nice,
nice color this year, so you can bring that with
you to the poll site. Just to make sure that
you're taking your time and you know, making sure that
you're making sure your vote counts as well.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Now, besides the mayor, because we're going to be watching
these mayoral debates. This is the last debate, by the way,
and I want to say the one before this was intense.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
It was intense. I mean all these debates, someone say spicy.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
So this this one that we're going to be watching tonight, right,
who is going to be on that debate stage?
Speaker 3 (05:04):
So we'll have three of the leading these it's called
the leading contenders debate. So we usually always have two debates.
We have one with all the candidates and then we
have another one with the leading contenders. And to qualify
as a leading contender, you either have to be pulling
at five percent or higher, or you have to have
raised a certain amount of money in matching funds and
matchable contributions two hundred fifty thousand dollars or have spent
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over two million dollars on the election. So the three
candidates that we're going to be seeing for mayor are
going to be Curtis Liwa, Zoron Mamdani, and Andrew Cuomo.
Those are the three leading contenders in the race for mayor.
So that's who we'll be seeing on our TVs tonight.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
And that's why donations matter.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
As people are asking about donating, if you like a candidate,
it does matter if you can, even if it's a
few dollars, right, that could be the difference that gets
them to be on that stage as a leading contender,
because the finances do matter, you know, when it comes
to politics also exactly.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Yeah, And I would also add that, especially here in
New York City, we have an amazing matching funds program
that amplify your contributions at the tune of eight to one.
So if you gave ten dollars to a candidate that's
in our match funds program, yeah, it turns into ten
plus the eighty in the match, which makes it ninety dollars.
So it turns into a ninety dollars contribution.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
So is this what Eric Adams was saying he was
having an issue because of the matching funds.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
I'm just asking like, not for.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
Yeah, yeah, So I mean there was there are certain
candidates that you know, kind of like apply for matching
funds and try to get it, and there's a number
of reasons why we don't pay candidates matching funds. It
could be due to requests for documentation, it could be
due to compliance issues, and it could be due to
not meeting that threshold because you have to meet a
two part threshold in order to get matching funds. You
have to raise a certain amount and you have to
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get a certain amount of contributors in New York City
if you're running for mayor. So you know, we put
all this on our website at NYCCFB at dot info.
A lot of people have probably seen this in the news,
you know about denial of public funds. But there is
a number of reasons why we don't pay candidates public funds.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Now, who are we going to see on when you
go to the polls? Who is going to be on
that ballot for mayor? Because I was just asking you
about this, I was surprised that it wasn't I just
know these three candidates that we're watching the debate for tonight,
But who is going to be on that ballot for mayor?
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Even though we are only going to have three candidates
on the debate stage tonight, It's important to note that
a lot of candidates have or two candidates specifically have
announced that they were dropping out of the race. Eric
Adams and Jim Walden. Those two candidates are third party candidates.
They have their own ballot line, so they petitioned to
get on the ball in the general election. They didn't
run in the primary to get on the on the
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pallot through the Democratic or the Republican nomination. They ran
as independent candidates. However, they missed a key deadline that
was necessary for them to remove their name off the ballot.
So because they dropped out after that deadline, those candidates
will still appear on the ballot. And if you want,
you know, I'm not going to tell you who to
vote for, you can vote for those candidates if you want.
Your votes will still count towards those candidates, and if
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one of them wins, they would still become.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Ever happened not to knowledge, like I wasn't even running.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
Still, yeah, exactly exactly, But you know that's that's what happens.
You know, we have key dates and deadlines, and if
you don't adhere to those deadlines, you know, it can
confuse some people. But you know, these candids will still
appear on your ballot. They're not actively running, but they
will still be there when you head in to go vote.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
I've heard people say that you can also write somebody in.
Is that true?
Speaker 3 (08:18):
Yes, you can write in. There's almost every election that
we have you're able to write in candidates. I think
the only place where you're not allowed to write in
candidates are for the presidential primaries. I could be mistaken
with that. We'll double check and get back to you
on that, but that's where we kind of had, like
a lot of people last presidential election going with the
leave it blank or the like uncommitted voters during the
last presidential primary when people wanted to make a statement about,
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you know, other events that were happening in the world.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
So you can go and leave things blank.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
Yes, you can leave it blank. Yeah, you can write
someone away.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
I would do yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
I think it's important to make your voice right. And
we say every time we come in here, you know,
if you're not at the table, you're on the menu, right.
So if this is your opportunity to vote, we know
elections can be determined by just a hand full of votes.
This is shaping up to be a very contentious race,
especially between the three leading candidates that are currently running.
So you know, don't leave it blank. I would recommend
you vote, but you know, obviously it's your ballot. We're
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not here to tell you what to do. We just
want to make sure that you get out there and
you get your ballot scanned and you make your voice heard.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
You know, as many times as Curtis Lee what has run,
I feel like this has been his the most motion.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
I just want to say, not say it, but I.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Feel like we've heard that you know a lot more
than in the past.
Speaker 3 (09:29):
Yeah. I mean that's why our debates are important, right.
It gives all the candidates to spotlight, to be able
to let New Yorkers know what their policies are, what
their platforms are, what it is that's allowed them to
get to this point where they're running to represent what
I think is the greatest city in the world. And
I think that you know, every New Yorker that cares
about our city just as much as we do. Tunes
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into this debate tonight.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
You could tell who wasn't good at the dozens. When
you watch these debates that snapping on each other because
some of them, I'm like, like, speak up something, It's true,
all right.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
Public Advocate is also on the ballot.
Speaker 3 (10:04):
Yes, yes, we have a number of other citywide races
on the ballot, the public advocate, the comptroller. Depending on
your borough, you might have a contentious Borowland does. Yeah,
there we go. So, you know, I think, and it's
important to realize city council, the city council is also
on the ballot, and these ballot prosals I'm so. I'm
sure we'll get to a little bit a little bit later.
It's important to know that this general election, whoever wins this,
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that's it. You know, they will be in that role.
They'll get sworn in in January and they will be
the decision makers for your community. So if you didn't
get a chance to vote in the June primary, don't
sit this one out. This is your last opportunity to
make your voice heard. Get out there, be like me,
vote early or mail your ballot in if you would prefer,
and you can find all this information on NYC votes
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dot work.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
For some reason, I got to meet in up here
for me on the fourth, so I'm gonna have to
vote for early because I don't want to take a
chance exactly on election day. All right, Now, the ballot
proposals that you just mentioned, because there's also what six
ballot proposals.
Speaker 3 (10:59):
There are six bowol proposals.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
Yes, okay, So just you know, break that down, because
what I love about this guide right here is that
I didn't even know about the ballot proposals, but now
I've read them.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
I've read them through to understand what they mean.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
Because sometimes you go in there and you have no idea,
like what are ballot proposals about? And then you go
in and you you know, vote for or against it,
and then you leave and you're like, oh, damn, I
didn't mean to do that.
Speaker 3 (11:21):
Yeah, it's true. I think that's why the voter Guide
is so important. And again this is all available online.
So just to break down what's in the voter Guide specifically.
So we have the language of these ballot proposals, and
we also have plain language summaries beneath them. Yeah, for
and against these ballot proposals. Now, we had, you know
a few weeks where we accepted testimony and people submitted
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testimony from different organizations elected officials voicing their support or
opposition to these ballot proposals. And there's also been some
mailers that have been going out, you know that have
people already like raising money to encourage New Yorkers to
vote against these or to vote for them. I'll try
to like as even keeled here on both of them
as possible.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Because a lot of it feels like it's housing related.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
Yes, so some of them are housing related. A lot
of them have to deal with the fast tracking of
of affordable housing here in New York City. Some people
that are opposing those you know, battle proposals are saying
that it would take too much power away from the
community because what these proposals or one of them would
do is to kind of create a commission of appointed
mayoral appointees to fast track certain affordable housing.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
So it wouldn't go through city council. They would be
able to just fast check that and skip over that step.
Speaker 3 (12:31):
Yes, And the way that the traditional process goes is that,
you know, you go through the community board. They have
a say, then the borough president has to say, and
then the city council member that represents that area has
the final yes or no vote, which can sometimes allow
for a member to completely kill a project if they
feel like it's not beneficial to their community or if
it's not something that they want in their neighborhood. But
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this would kind of like allow for this commission to
kind of handle all of that. So some people are
upset that this will take a lot of the power
out of the community. However, other people that are advocating
for it say that we're in a housing crisis and
we need to build affordable housing faster. So I recommend
that all New Yorkers, you know, don't just go in
and vote for mayor and leave, make sure.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
You know these ballot proposals are on here as well.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
Exactly. There's also some other ballot proposals there. One that
would has to deal with the map, updating a map.
The first ballot proposal as well has to deal with
kind of the clearing of Force Preserve land upstate New York.
That's a statewide ballot proposal, so that's the reason why
we have to vote on it here. And then the
other five are related specifically to New York City, even
your elections. Housing proposals, some stuff with up zoning certain neighborhoods,
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and also the updating of the city map as.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
Well, right, because I see one of these is to
move local elections to presidential election years.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
That's one of the things.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
So yes would mean that that would be the same
year as federal elections, and a no would mean city
elections will be held in odd number years on a
different election cycle. These are just all things for people
to keep in mind as they're going in what it
is and do a little deeper research so you know
what you're voting for. That's the power and knowing what
you're doing. Nothing feels better than going in prepared and
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confident in the choices that you're making.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
Yeah, exactly. That's why we want to make sure people
are prepared to vote, especially for this upcoming election. There
are so many things that are going to be decided
by the New Yorkers that will show up to the
polls and vote. So don't be in that group that's
like complaining at the end of it that you didn't
get your voice heard, that things didn't turn out the
way you wanted when you didn't show up to vote
in the election.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
And I want to say, don't be ashamed.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
If you feel like you're not equipped and you don't
know what's going on, you still have time. That's why
these debates are important. You know, we'll be watching the
debates at Cup Coffee. Uplifts people tonight as a family,
but it is an opportunity for you to see firsthand
what's going on. So when you go in, even if
you haven't been keeping up, you've been quote unquote busy,
you know.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
But it's no shame in that. It's never too late
for you.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
Well it can be too late, but tonight is your
last chance to actually watch this.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
And I'm sure it's going to run again.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
Yeah, you know, before you go in to vote, but
just make sure that you're seeing what's coming out of
these people's mouths. Remember these things too, because you know,
whoever ends up becoming mayor, our job isn't done just
after we vote. It's also holding people accountable to the
promises that they make.
Speaker 3 (15:11):
I couldn't agree more. And if you feel like you
can't make it to watch it tonight, you know you
can look on YouTube. You can find on YouTube if
you go to NYC votes dot org. This will be
fully streamed online, So no matter where you are, as
long as you have some internet, you should be able
to access it. And there might be a live audience.
So there's gonna be a live audience at this debate,
So you might hear some oohs and odds. I think
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it'll be exactly. It'll be sure, you know.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
And I do want to also stress, like I said,
you're hearing straight from people's mouths what they're going to say,
because there's a lot of ads, there's a lot of
social media posts and things like that that can confuse you.
And so what you need to do is be able
to separate what somebody's really saying and what their ideas
are aside from propaganda.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
So hearing it straight from the horse's mouth exactly.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
I feel like, you know New Yorker's you know, we
have very strong opinions, and I think that a lot
of people may try to take advantage of that with
some of the political advertisements that you might see. This
is a nonpartisan debate, so it is hosted by us
NYC Votes. We never tell you who to vote for it,
We never tell you who to support. The people that
are gonna be asking questions are reporters that are very
accomplished in New York have covered New York City politics
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for a while, So these questions are gonna cut pretty deep,
and you're gonna hear a lot of conversations around education, housing,
the plans that people have to deal with, public safety.
These are all issues that are very important to everyday
New Yorkers, small businesses such as small business owners like yourself.
These are issues that matter to a lot of New Yorkers,
and it's up to us to make sure that we
tune in and we make the decision that we deem
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is the right one this November.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
And we watched the primary debates before as a family
and that was really fun. So I already know it's
gonna be super spicy tonight.
Speaker 3 (16:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
Yeah, And we were like, and the drinks, Yeah, and
the drinks are great too.
Speaker 3 (16:54):
You know.
Speaker 2 (16:55):
And I think New York Magazines bring us in branded
cookies and you could potentially maybe win at three month membership. Yeah,
I'm excited for that for New York Magazine. Well again, Tim,
thank you so much. I feel like you always bring
so much knowledge and information. So anybody listening right now,
hopefully you feel a little bit more like, Okay, I
feel good about, you know, going to the polls and
getting is done again. Early voting is starting on the
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twenty fifth, yep, so you have that opportunity that's over
on November second, but you still have a chance until
October twenty fifth to register if you haven't, so do
that as soon as possible or check on that. And
election day is November fourth. That will be your last opportunity.
Speaker 3 (17:29):
Last time to vote. And you know, I want to
say thank you to you Angela and the iHeart team
and the Coffee uplofs People team for you know, doing
everything that you can in your power to make sure
New Yorkers are aware of the rights that they have
because a lot of people sometimes say I'm not going
to vote because nothing matters, This doesn't matter. But it
does matter, especially when it comes to these local elections
because that's when we usually have the least amount of turnout.
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So hopefully we can change that this year.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
If he says he's not voting, don't date them, girl,
that's my advice. That's a red flag.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
But yes, And the debate started at seven pm.
Speaker 3 (18:02):
Yep, they start at seven, seven to nine. It's gonna
be like two hours, so you know, buckle in, grab
your popcorn or if you're at cup, you know, grab
your drink and grabs you know, some snacks and you know,
or maybe one of those New York magazine cookies and uh,
you know, enjoy, let's have fun,
What's up?
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Its way up with Angela Yee and Tim Hunter. You're
back again, Yes, back again, because you know what, it's
going to be an amazing time tonight. We're actually having
this mayoral debate watch party at my coffee shop, Coffee
uplifts people. And this is just to get people to
watch the debates because we're getting ready for voting. Early
voting starts October twenty fifth and November tewod and election
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day is November fourth.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
That's your last time that you can possibly vote.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Yes, that's correct in this election.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
All right, there's so many things that we need to
talk about. And I got my NYC Votes voter guide.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
Uh huh, let's see.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Let's see.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
We got the voter guy right here.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
It comes to my house. Lets me know where I'm voting.
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Also, because it is important to know where is where
are you heading to for your ballot?
Speaker 1 (00:50):
You can also vote by mail.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
This says October twenty fifth is a deadline to request
your mail ballot online.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
Yep, you can question it online. You got to make
sure it's postmarked by election day.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Where are you you voting?
Speaker 3 (01:00):
To him? I vote early, I go on the first day. However,
you know if you wait till October thirty first, you
might be able to get a nice little Halloween sticker
if you go early on Halloween this year.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
Okay, spoiler alert and looks.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
And speaking of getting things, anybody who comes to uss
the debate, New York Magazine is also going to be
having fun with us tonight too, and they're going to
give away what I think like a three month subscription
to people who come to cut some of them.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Yeah, some people are going to end up getting those,
So that's exciting.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Well, it's good. You know, we love Mirik mag and
thank you so much to them for partnering. But we also,
you know, are thankful that you're letting us, you know,
use your coffee shop for civic engagement. It's going to
be a fun night.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
All right.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
So let's talk about what is on the ballot, because
I always tell people make sure that if you don't
have this amazing voter guide that I have, you can
still go online.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
And get it right.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
Yes, the voter guide is available online at NYC votes
dot org and it's available in thirteen languages other than English.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
I got three of them.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
I got Spanish, I got Chinese. Cento my house yeah,
my last names. Ye, they just sent the Chinese one.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
Yeah, it's good. We look at the voter rolls and
we also look at the demographic makeup of your area.
So depending on where you live, like if you're in
South Brooklyn, maybe there's a large Mandarin speaking population or
a large Spanish speaking population. So we try to, like
you know, tailor it. And it's on both sides. So
if you are like, hey, I don't speak this language,
you flip it over. I'm pretty sure you'll speak the
one on the other side. But you know, we're just
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doing everything we can to eliminate the barriers, especially language barriers,
to our democracy because we believe that your vote is
your voice and we want New Yorkers to be able
to have a say in this very consequential general election.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Well, mister Tim Hunter, first let's talk about steps that
you have to take. First and foremost, make sure you're
registered to vote. Yes, And now let's say you're not registered.
Did we miss that deadline?
Speaker 3 (02:43):
No we did not. You have till Saturday, October twenty fifth,
which is the first day of early voting. So if
you're not registered yet, and if you're watching this, thank
you for watching. But make sure you get registered to vote.
Very very important to be registered before you vote in
the upcoming election.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
And we can also check and see and make sure
that we're still registered.
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Yeah, if they go to vote dot NYC, you can
check the Board of Elections website. You can check your registration.
We did miss the address change deadline, so if you
have not changed your address as of yet, you might
have to go back to the place where you were
previously registered to vote in this election.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
All right, so you have to be at least eighteen.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Years old, you have to be a US citizen, and
you have to be at your pole site by closing time.
These are the rules when it comes to going to
vote in person.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
Yes, and they say like if you're in line, stay
in line, right, So if you get there at the like,
you know, right before polls closed. You know the dates
for early voting may differ on each day, so you
can check your voter guide or look online and see
the dates that early voting will be happening in your
neighborhood or at your pole site. And if you're in
line before the polest close, you have a right to
stay in line until you have your chance to vote.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
All right, get information. You heard it now. There's a
practice ballot here as well.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Yes, So I always find this to be particularly helpful
because when I go in, I'm zoom zoop zoop in
and out because I already did my practice ballot online.
So you can see specifically for wherever you live, right,
who is going to be the candidates that you're voting for.
Speaker 3 (04:04):
Yeah, and you can cut it out, right, you can
cut it out, you can write it in who you're
going to vote for. Our voter grads have become very
interactive over the years. And don't forget there is no
rank choice voting in this election, right, so you want
to make sure that you're keeping that in mind as
you're heading to the polls. And you can also bring
your voter guide with you.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Yeah, and just walk in there with that.
Speaker 3 (04:22):
Yeah. You just can't bring in any like information like
that's supporting a candidate, or you can't wear a T
shirt that's supporting a candidate, because that's electioneering. You can
only bring nonpartisan information. And poll workers know they know
what a voter guide looks like. And it's a nice,
nice color this year, so you can bring that with
you to the poll site. Just to make sure that
you're taking your time and you know, making sure that
you're making sure your vote counts as well.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
Now, besides the mayor, because we're going to be watching
these mayoral debates. This is the last debate, by the way,
and I want to say the one before this was intense.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
It was intense. I mean all these debates, someone say spicy.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
So this this one that we're going to be watching tonight, right,
who is going to be on that debate stage?
Speaker 3 (05:04):
So we'll have three of the leading these it's called
the leading contenders debate. So we usually always have two debates.
We have one with all the candidates and then we
have another one with the leading contenders. And to qualify
as a leading contender, you either have to be pulling
at five percent or higher, or you have to have
raised a certain amount of money in matching funds and
matchable contributions two hundred fifty thousand dollars or have spent
(05:24):
over two million dollars on the election. So the three
candidates that we're going to be seeing for mayor are
going to be Curtis Liwa, Zoron Mamdani, and Andrew Cuomo.
Those are the three leading contenders in the race for mayor.
So that's who we'll be seeing on our TVs tonight.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
And that's why donations matter.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
As people are asking about donating, if you like a candidate,
it does matter if you can, even if it's a
few dollars, right, that could be the difference that gets
them to be on that stage as a leading contender,
because the finances do matter, you know, when it comes
to politics also exactly.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Yeah, And I would also add that, especially here in
New York City, we have an amazing matching funds program
that amplify your contributions at the tune of eight to one.
So if you gave ten dollars to a candidate that's
in our match funds program, yeah, it turns into ten
plus the eighty in the match, which makes it ninety dollars.
So it turns into a ninety dollars contribution.
Speaker 2 (06:12):
So is this what Eric Adams was saying he was
having an issue because of the matching funds.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
I'm just asking like, not for.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
Yeah, yeah, So I mean there was there are certain
candidates that you know, kind of like apply for matching
funds and try to get it, and there's a number
of reasons why we don't pay candidates matching funds. It
could be due to requests for documentation, it could be
due to compliance issues, and it could be due to
not meeting that threshold because you have to meet a
two part threshold in order to get matching funds. You
have to raise a certain amount and you have to
(06:40):
get a certain amount of contributors in New York City
if you're running for mayor. So you know, we put
all this on our website at NYCCFB at dot info.
A lot of people have probably seen this in the news,
you know about denial of public funds. But there is
a number of reasons why we don't pay candidates public funds.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Now, who are we going to see on when you
go to the polls? Who is going to be on
that ballot for mayor? Because I was just asking you
about this, I was surprised that it wasn't I just
know these three candidates that we're watching the debate for tonight,
But who is going to be on that ballot for mayor?
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Even though we are only going to have three candidates
on the debate stage tonight, It's important to note that
a lot of candidates have or two candidates specifically have
announced that they were dropping out of the race. Eric
Adams and Jim Walden. Those two candidates are third party candidates.
They have their own ballot line, so they petitioned to
get on the ball in the general election. They didn't
run in the primary to get on the on the
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pallot through the Democratic or the Republican nomination. They ran
as independent candidates. However, they missed a key deadline that
was necessary for them to remove their name off the ballot.
So because they dropped out after that deadline, those candidates
will still appear on the ballot. And if you want,
you know, I'm not going to tell you who to
vote for, you can vote for those candidates if you want.
Your votes will still count towards those candidates, and if
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one of them wins, they would still become.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Ever happened not to knowledge, like I wasn't even running.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
Still, yeah, exactly exactly, But you know that's that's what happens.
You know, we have key dates and deadlines, and if
you don't adhere to those deadlines, you know, it can
confuse some people. But you know, these candids will still
appear on your ballot. They're not actively running, but they
will still be there when you head in to go vote.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
I've heard people say that you can also write somebody in.
Is that true?
Speaker 3 (08:18):
Yes, you can write in. There's almost every election that
we have you're able to write in candidates. I think
the only place where you're not allowed to write in
candidates are for the presidential primaries. I could be mistaken
with that. We'll double check and get back to you
on that, but that's where we kind of had, like
a lot of people last presidential election going with the
leave it blank or the like uncommitted voters during the
last presidential primary when people wanted to make a statement about,
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you know, other events that were happening in the world.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
So you can go and leave things blank.
Speaker 3 (08:46):
Yes, you can leave it blank. Yeah, you can write
someone away.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
I would do yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
I think it's important to make your voice right. And
we say every time we come in here, you know,
if you're not at the table, you're on the menu, right.
So if this is your opportunity to vote, we know
elections can be determined by just a hand full of votes.
This is shaping up to be a very contentious race,
especially between the three leading candidates that are currently running.
So you know, don't leave it blank. I would recommend
you vote, but you know, obviously it's your ballot. We're
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not here to tell you what to do. We just
want to make sure that you get out there and
you get your ballot scanned and you make your voice heard.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
You know, as many times as Curtis Lee what has run,
I feel like this has been his the most motion.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
I just want to say, not say it, but I.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
Feel like we've heard that you know a lot more
than in the past.
Speaker 3 (09:29):
Yeah. I mean that's why our debates are important, right.
It gives all the candidates to spotlight, to be able
to let New Yorkers know what their policies are, what
their platforms are, what it is that's allowed them to
get to this point where they're running to represent what
I think is the greatest city in the world. And
I think that you know, every New Yorker that cares
about our city just as much as we do. Tunes
(09:50):
into this debate tonight.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
You could tell who wasn't good at the dozens. When
you watch these debates that snapping on each other because
some of them, I'm like, like, speak up something, It's true,
all right.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
Public Advocate is also on the ballot.
Speaker 3 (10:04):
Yes, yes, we have a number of other citywide races
on the ballot, the public advocate, the comptroller. Depending on
your borough, you might have a contentious Borowland does. Yeah,
there we go. So, you know, I think, and it's
important to realize city council, the city council is also
on the ballot, and these ballot prosals I'm so. I'm
sure we'll get to a little bit a little bit later.
It's important to know that this general election, whoever wins this,
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that's it. You know, they will be in that role.
They'll get sworn in in January and they will be
the decision makers for your community. So if you didn't
get a chance to vote in the June primary, don't
sit this one out. This is your last opportunity to
make your voice heard. Get out there, be like me,
vote early or mail your ballot in if you would prefer,
and you can find all this information on NYC votes
(10:46):
dot work.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
For some reason, I got to meet in up here
for me on the fourth, so I'm gonna have to
vote for early because I don't want to take a
chance exactly on election day. All right, Now, the ballot
proposals that you just mentioned, because there's also what six
ballot proposals.
Speaker 3 (10:59):
There are six bowol proposals.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
Yes, okay, So just you know, break that down, because
what I love about this guide right here is that
I didn't even know about the ballot proposals, but now
I've read them.
Speaker 1 (11:10):
I've read them through to understand what they mean.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
Because sometimes you go in there and you have no idea,
like what are ballot proposals about? And then you go
in and you you know, vote for or against it,
and then you leave and you're like, oh, damn, I
didn't mean to do that.
Speaker 3 (11:21):
Yeah, it's true. I think that's why the voter Guide
is so important. And again this is all available online.
So just to break down what's in the voter Guide specifically.
So we have the language of these ballot proposals, and
we also have plain language summaries beneath them. Yeah, for
and against these ballot proposals. Now, we had, you know
a few weeks where we accepted testimony and people submitted
(11:43):
testimony from different organizations elected officials voicing their support or
opposition to these ballot proposals. And there's also been some
mailers that have been going out, you know that have
people already like raising money to encourage New Yorkers to
vote against these or to vote for them. I'll try
to like as even keeled here on both of them
as possible.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
Because a lot of it feels like it's housing related.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
Yes, so some of them are housing related. A lot
of them have to deal with the fast tracking of
of affordable housing here in New York City. Some people
that are opposing those you know, battle proposals are saying
that it would take too much power away from the
community because what these proposals or one of them would
do is to kind of create a commission of appointed
mayoral appointees to fast track certain affordable housing.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
So it wouldn't go through city council. They would be
able to just fast check that and skip over that step.
Speaker 3 (12:31):
Yes, And the way that the traditional process goes is that,
you know, you go through the community board. They have
a say, then the borough president has to say, and
then the city council member that represents that area has
the final yes or no vote, which can sometimes allow
for a member to completely kill a project if they
feel like it's not beneficial to their community or if
it's not something that they want in their neighborhood. But
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this would kind of like allow for this commission to
kind of handle all of that. So some people are
upset that this will take a lot of the power
out of the community. However, other people that are advocating
for it say that we're in a housing crisis and
we need to build affordable housing faster. So I recommend
that all New Yorkers, you know, don't just go in
and vote for mayor and leave, make sure.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
You know these ballot proposals are on here as well.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
Exactly. There's also some other ballot proposals there. One that
would has to deal with the map, updating a map.
The first ballot proposal as well has to deal with
kind of the clearing of Force Preserve land upstate New York.
That's a statewide ballot proposal, so that's the reason why
we have to vote on it here. And then the
other five are related specifically to New York City, even
your elections. Housing proposals, some stuff with up zoning certain neighborhoods,
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and also the updating of the city map as.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
Well, right, because I see one of these is to
move local elections to presidential election years.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
That's one of the things.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
So yes would mean that that would be the same
year as federal elections, and a no would mean city
elections will be held in odd number years on a
different election cycle. These are just all things for people
to keep in mind as they're going in what it
is and do a little deeper research so you know
what you're voting for. That's the power and knowing what
you're doing. Nothing feels better than going in prepared and
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confident in the choices that you're making.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
Yeah, exactly. That's why we want to make sure people
are prepared to vote, especially for this upcoming election. There
are so many things that are going to be decided
by the New Yorkers that will show up to the
polls and vote. So don't be in that group that's
like complaining at the end of it that you didn't
get your voice heard, that things didn't turn out the
way you wanted when you didn't show up to vote
in the election.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
And I want to say, don't be ashamed.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
If you feel like you're not equipped and you don't
know what's going on, you still have time. That's why
these debates are important. You know, we'll be watching the
debates at Cup Coffee. Uplifts people tonight as a family,
but it is an opportunity for you to see firsthand
what's going on. So when you go in, even if
you haven't been keeping up, you've been quote unquote busy,
you know.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
But it's no shame in that. It's never too late
for you.
Speaker 2 (14:52):
Well it can be too late, but tonight is your
last chance to actually watch this.
Speaker 1 (14:56):
And I'm sure it's going to run again.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
Yeah, you know, before you go in to vote, but
just make sure that you're seeing what's coming out of
these people's mouths. Remember these things too, because you know,
whoever ends up becoming mayor, our job isn't done just
after we vote. It's also holding people accountable to the
promises that they make.
Speaker 3 (15:11):
I couldn't agree more. And if you feel like you
can't make it to watch it tonight, you know you
can look on YouTube. You can find on YouTube if
you go to NYC votes dot org. This will be
fully streamed online, So no matter where you are, as
long as you have some internet, you should be able
to access it. And there might be a live audience.
So there's gonna be a live audience at this debate,
So you might hear some oohs and odds. I think
(15:32):
it'll be exactly. It'll be sure, you know.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
And I do want to also stress, like I said,
you're hearing straight from people's mouths what they're going to say,
because there's a lot of ads, there's a lot of
social media posts and things like that that can confuse you.
And so what you need to do is be able
to separate what somebody's really saying and what their ideas
are aside from propaganda.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
So hearing it straight from the horse's mouth exactly.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
I feel like, you know New Yorker's you know, we
have very strong opinions, and I think that a lot
of people may try to take advantage of that with
some of the political advertisements that you might see. This
is a nonpartisan debate, so it is hosted by us
NYC Votes. We never tell you who to vote for it,
We never tell you who to support. The people that
are gonna be asking questions are reporters that are very
accomplished in New York have covered New York City politics
(16:19):
for a while, So these questions are gonna cut pretty deep,
and you're gonna hear a lot of conversations around education, housing,
the plans that people have to deal with, public safety.
These are all issues that are very important to everyday
New Yorkers, small businesses such as small business owners like yourself.
These are issues that matter to a lot of New Yorkers,
and it's up to us to make sure that we
tune in and we make the decision that we deem
(16:41):
is the right one this November.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
And we watched the primary debates before as a family
and that was really fun. So I already know it's
gonna be super spicy tonight.
Speaker 3 (16:50):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
Yeah, And we were like, and the drinks, Yeah, and
the drinks are great too.
Speaker 3 (16:54):
You know.
Speaker 2 (16:55):
And I think New York Magazines bring us in branded
cookies and you could potentially maybe win at three month membership. Yeah,
I'm excited for that for New York Magazine. Well again, Tim,
thank you so much. I feel like you always bring
so much knowledge and information. So anybody listening right now,
hopefully you feel a little bit more like, Okay, I
feel good about, you know, going to the polls and
getting is done again. Early voting is starting on the
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twenty fifth, yep, so you have that opportunity that's over
on November second, but you still have a chance until
October twenty fifth to register if you haven't, so do
that as soon as possible or check on that. And
election day is November fourth. That will be your last opportunity.
Speaker 3 (17:29):
Last time to vote. And you know, I want to
say thank you to you Angela and the iHeart team
and the Coffee uplofs People team for you know, doing
everything that you can in your power to make sure
New Yorkers are aware of the rights that they have
because a lot of people sometimes say I'm not going
to vote because nothing matters, This doesn't matter. But it
does matter, especially when it comes to these local elections
because that's when we usually have the least amount of turnout.
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So hopefully we can change that this year.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
If he says he's not voting, don't date them, girl,
that's my advice. That's a red flag.
Speaker 1 (18:00):
But yes, And the debate started at seven pm.
Speaker 3 (18:02):
Yep, they start at seven, seven to nine. It's gonna
be like two hours, so you know, buckle in, grab
your popcorn or if you're at cup, you know, grab
your drink and grabs you know, some snacks and you know,
or maybe one of those New York magazine cookies and uh,
you know, enjoy, let's have fun,
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