Thank you! This is great and provides the information I needed to understand these proposals when I vote today.
I'm going to follow these recommendations except for #2 which I'm also going to vote no.
I live near several large parks in Washington Heights, and the parks staff already do a great job at keeping the park clean and tidy. I think DSNY also do a pretty great job with their existing work and that splitting work to include parks would actually be inefficient because it's a different type of cleaning.
We also have a lot of street vendors in our neighborhood (literally dozens) and they are already keep their areas clean and tidy (if it was messy it would deter their potential customers), I don't see these people as being an issue around the cleanliness of our city.
Thanks for the summary. I don't think it's helpful to have the public (I'm a lifelong resident) vote for technical ballot measures. Sometimes, statewide measures need voter input to pass, unfortunately, leading to voters deciding obscure issues involving state parks or such. That's unfortunate.
#2 appears benign to some degree though I have seen concern that it gives power to regulate vendors without clearly telling the voters that it is doing so. And, overall, some argue 2-6 is a result of a power grab by Eric Adams.
I am wary about #2. #1 is good though it's broader than some might think -- not just associated with sexual equality issues.
This is incredible. Thank you
Thank you! This is great and provides the information I needed to understand these proposals when I vote today.
I'm going to follow these recommendations except for #2 which I'm also going to vote no.
I live near several large parks in Washington Heights, and the parks staff already do a great job at keeping the park clean and tidy. I think DSNY also do a pretty great job with their existing work and that splitting work to include parks would actually be inefficient because it's a different type of cleaning.
We also have a lot of street vendors in our neighborhood (literally dozens) and they are already keep their areas clean and tidy (if it was messy it would deter their potential customers), I don't see these people as being an issue around the cleanliness of our city.
I’ve also seen information on #2 seeming innocent and well intended but with the power to hurt small businesses & vendors… thoughts?
Thanks for the summary. I don't think it's helpful to have the public (I'm a lifelong resident) vote for technical ballot measures. Sometimes, statewide measures need voter input to pass, unfortunately, leading to voters deciding obscure issues involving state parks or such. That's unfortunate.
#2 appears benign to some degree though I have seen concern that it gives power to regulate vendors without clearly telling the voters that it is doing so. And, overall, some argue 2-6 is a result of a power grab by Eric Adams.
I am wary about #2. #1 is good though it's broader than some might think -- not just associated with sexual equality issues.