A panel created by Mayor Eric Adams wants to consider using an “open primary” system for elections in New York City. Here’s ...

Voter participation in New York City’s municipal elections has been dropping for decades. In the 1970s and 1980s, voter turnout was routinely above 50%. But it hasn’t been above 30% since 2009.

Liberal activists and the Working Families Party, which helped the New York City mayoral candidate win the primary, are ...