Voters in the affluent North Jersey township of Millburn will head to the polls Tuesday to vote on changing the town’s form of government for the first time since it was incorporated 169 years ago.
Most notably, the changes would make municipal elections nonpartisan and candidates would be allowed to run without declaring their party affiliations.
Local Democrats said the move is an attempt by the township committee's Republican majority to shun an increasingly toxic and unpopular party label. But Republicans deny the accusation, saying they're solely interested in improving representation in the wealthy suburb.
Tens of thousands of Knicks fans poured into the streets in Midtownand around the five boroughs late Saturday to celebrate the team's first title since 1973. The NYPD said 63 people were arrested during the revelry.
Early voting is underway in an unusually competitive slate of congressional primaries with big implications for the Democratic Party's future and the makeup of the city’s congressional delegation.
Chuck Park has been hosting Dumplings and Dialogue events as part of his bid to unseat Rep. Grace Meng in the 6th Congressional District, which includes Flushing, Forest Hills, Elmhurst, Woodside and Jackson Heights.
“Every New Yorker has that ‘what’s a nutcracker’ moment. Once you try it, you’re like, I got hammered for like ten bucks or five bucks and it wasn't completely yucky.”
