REMARKS
Council Member Restler's call for increased investments to improve voter turnout
1:52:06
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Council Member Lincoln Restler emphasizes the need for additional investments to address the low voter turnout in New York City. He urges both the Board of Elections and the Campaign Finance Board to consider new strategies and investments to increase voter participation.
- Restler highlights the agencies' power to set their own budgets
- He expresses concern about New York City's low turnout compared to other major cities
- The council member offers support from the City Council to help achieve higher turnout goals
- Restler stresses the importance of improving the current situation, calling the status quo 'unacceptable'
Lincoln Restler
1:52:06
there's a few things I want to say on this.
1:52:07
Firstly, you both are agency heads with the rare, power to essentially set your own budgets, with our cooperation.
1:52:21
And I really hope that both of you look hard at our abysmal turnout rates and ask, are there additional investments that we as a city can and should be making that would have a consequential impact on turnout?
1:52:38
And if there are ways that we as a council can be helpful in supporting the BOE and the CFB to achieve those goals, we want to.
1:52:45
I think it's critically important, and I think that the status quo is unacceptable.
1:52:50
I'm a profoundly competitive person, and it pains me immensely that when we look at all the other big cities in the country and their mayoral elections, they have higher turnout than we do in New York City.
1:53:01
And if you look at the presidential result participation rates that we had just a couple weeks ago, we compare horribly to the big cities around the country.
1:53:10
We can and should do so much better.
1:53:14
Lastly, I did wanna ask about this Can
Michael Ryan
1:53:17
I just say one thing about that?
