Frequently Asked Questions

Read our backgrounder on Props 2-6 - coming soon!

“Cleaning Public Property is worded to seem innocent but it's misleading and doesn't mention that it will give the Sanitation Department expanded enforcement powers to police and fine more New Yorkers. The proposal is a cruel and inhumane attack on our city’s street vendors and other New Yorkers who should be supported, not criminalized. It will increase policing and fines against New Yorkers - duplicating the role that the Police Department and others already play. Vote "No" on Props 2-6.

Proposal 3 will be described on your ballot as “additional estimates of the cost of proposed laws & updates to budget deadlines”. This sounds wonky and innocent - but that's intentionally misleading. Prop 3 would drastically change the city’s constitution and weaken our democracy. It would give the mayor more unchecked power and weaken checks-and-balances - while letting the mayor block and further slow down the ability of the city to deliver for New Yorkers. It takes power away from everyday voters, creates more bureaucracy and new ways for mayors to interfere with legislation they don’t like, even when it helps people. Prop 3 lets mayors hide behind bureaucracy when they want to block popular initiatives like housing and childcare assistance. Prop 3 is dangerous for democracy and should never have been put on the ballot after such a rushed charter review process. Vote “No” on Props 2-6.

Proposal 4 would fundamentally change the way that laws regulating the Police Department, Fire Department, and Department of Correction - and ONLY these agencies - are passed by the New York City Council. It creates special rights for the NYPD in the legislative process that will help abusive officers avoid accountability and transparency at a time when there are serious concerns about possible corruption and influence-peddling by top officials and others in the NYPD. Prop 4 could make it virtually impossible to pass ANY meaningful police transparency or accountability legislation at the city level. This makes all of us less safe. Vote “No” on Props 2-6.

This proposal is misleading and was created in bad-faith. The mayor’s charter commission claimed that Proposal 5 was based on a recommendation from the city’s Comptroller (the city’s top financial executive) – but the Comptroller issued a statement saying this was false and that it was a “transparently false attempt to lend credibility to a meaningless measure”. The proposal covers less than 1% of the city’s infrastructure. The Comptroller has said that Prop 5 “is meaningless, does not advance transparency, and fails to improve the City’s capital planning process in any way.” Vote “No” on Props 2-6.

Proposal 6 is a collection of 3 totally unrelated issues and should not be on the ballot. While it claims to support Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs), the reality is that it simply renames and largely restates the role of a mayoral office. This gives the illusion of change without additional concrete support for MWBEs. The other 2 unrelated things that Prop 2 does are combine two archive boards and grant additional powers to a mayoral office for issuing film permits. This proposal is part of a package of proposals that were rubber-stamped in Mayor Adams’ politically-motivated, rushed charter revision process – and the full package should be rejected. Vote “No” on Props 2-6.