The Brooklyn Ink

Latino Voters Stay with Democrats

By Manuel Rueda It’s business as usual for candidates with names like Velazquez and Lopez to win major offices in heavily Hispanic Brooklyn, but Tuesday’s election showed the growing political clout of Latinos in many [...]

Young Voters More Subdued in Midterm Elections

By Amaris Castillo Young people voted Tuesday in somewhat smaller numbers, compared to the previous midterm election in 2006. Eleven percent of those casting ballots were between ages 18-29, according to a national exit poll [...]

New Yorkers Vote to Change City Charter

By LaToya Tooles In addition to electing new state and city officials, New York voters approved two ballot measures that make changes to the city charter.  The first measure limits newly elected city officials to [...]

Polling Machines Cause Delays and Frustration

By Faaria Kherani Several dozen voters at William Alexander Middle School (MS 51) on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope were frustrated early on election day when new voting machines malfunctioned and they were initially given [...]

Growing Up Ain’t Cheap

Throughout the Northeast, the average cost of raising a child to the age of 17 jumped from $149,700 to $191,490 (in two-parent households earning less than $56,000 per year) between 2005 and 2009. The good [...]

Paladino to Meet with Williamsburg Orthodox Today

Republic Carl Paladino is meeting with Orthodox Rabbis in Williamsburg, Brooklyn today according to an article by Voz Is Neias, a Jewish publication in Brooklyn. The last meeting Paladino held with the Jewish community led [...]

Paladino’s Hometown Paper Endorses Cuomo

The hometown paper of Republican Carl Paladino endorsed his rival on Sunday, Democrat Andrew Cuomo, the New York Daily News reports. The Buffalo News wrote in their endorsement that “here is no choice for governor [...]