Ballot Proposal Comments

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There’s a lot at stake in the upcoming general election on November 8th! In addition to federal, state, and judicial offices on the ballot, NYC voters will also see four ballot proposals.

These proposals affect issues including the environment, racial equity and justice, and the cost of living. Voters will have the chance to vote “Yes” or “No” on each proposal.

To help educate NYC voters before they head to the polls, we’ll feature summaries of each proposal in the official NYC Voter Guide. We also plan to include public comments in support of and in opposition to each proposal in the online Voter Guide, allowing voters to see arguments on both sides of every issue. If you would like to submit a pro/con statement to include in the online Voter Guide, please fill out the form below!

You can find below the text that will appear on the ballot for each proposal. The deadline to submit your statement is 5pm EST Wednesday, September 7.

State Proposal

1. Clean Water, Clean Air, And Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022

To address and combat the impact of climate change and damage to the environment, the "Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022” authorizes the sale of state bonds up to four billion two hundred million dollars to fund environmental protection, natural restoration, resiliency, and clean energy projects. Shall the Environmental Bond Act of 2022 be approved?

City Proposals

2. Add a Statement of Values to Guide Government

This proposal would amend the New York City Charter to:

Add a preamble, which would be an introductory statement of values and vision aspiring toward “a just and equitable city for all” New Yorkers; and

Include in the preamble a statement that the City must strive to remedy “past and continuing harms and to reconstruct, revise, and reimagine our foundations, structures, institutions, and laws to promote justice and equity for all New Yorkers.”

The preamble is intended to guide City government in fulfilling its duties.

Shall this proposal be adopted?

3. Establish a Racial Equity Office, Plan, and Commission

This proposal would amend the City Charter to:

Require citywide and agency-specific Racial Equity Plans every two years. The plans would include intended strategies and goals to improve racial equity and to reduce or eliminate racial disparities;

Establish an Office of Racial Equity and appoint a Chief Equity Officer to advance racial equity and coordinate the City’s racial equity planning process. The Office would support City agencies in improving access to City services and programs for those people and communities who have been negatively affected by previous policies or actions, and collect and report data related to equity; and

Establish a Commission on Racial Equity, appointed by City elected officials. In making appointments to this Commission, elected officials would be required to consider appointees who are representative of or have experience advocating for a diverse range of communities. The Commission would identify and propose priorities to inform the racial equity planning process and review agency and citywide Racial Equity Plans.

Shall this proposal be adopted?

4. Measure the True Cost of Living

This proposal would amend the City Charter to:

Require the City to create a “true cost of living” measure to track the actual cost in New York City of meeting essential needs, including housing, food, childcare, transportation, and other necessary costs, and without considering public, private, or informal assistance, in order to inform programmatic and policy decisions; and

Require the City government to report annually on the “true cost of living” measure.

Shall this proposal be adopted?

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