7th Ave Street Fair w/JapanFes today. What you can do when you see ICE in the neighborhood. A voting guide. Juneteenth and Pride events.
Plus: Everybooty. ‘Big Top Pee-Wee’ and ‘The Matrix Revolutions’ @ Nitehawk. Lousy t-shirts.
Welcome to the Sunday AM edition of the Park Slope Walk. This semi-paywalled edition is designed to give you some media you can lean back with, as well as a rundown of the events in the week ahead so you can make some plans.
This week, that means our Get Involved section is devoted to prep for the Democratic Primary, for which early voting started yesterday. You’ll still find Dan Myers’ Sunday Special feature, the Book Now section, and the week’s events below the fold.
Get Involved: Make a Plan to Vote
By John Ness
The City has a solid roundup will answer every “How to” question you have.
Readers know we’re fans of Sachi Takahashi-Rial’s NYC Primary Bootcamp, and one of the last actions it suggests is for voters to send out their personal Voting Guide. I loved this idea when we first read, because it turns the election into a conversation to engage with, not just an exhortation to show up and vote. Please scroll past if you’re not interested!
NYC Democratic Ballot Voting Guide
Mayoral rankings: I included one sentence and at least one link to more media.
Brad Lander: The Cyclone ad above is a great metaphor for how the progressive former City Comptroller and Park Slope City Council Member can do for the city what he’s done for Gowanus.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani: Lander and State Assemblymember Mamdani have cross-endorsed each other, each asking their supporters to rank the other second, and the way Mamdani skewered Cuomo at the last debate demonstrated why he’s a generational talent.
Adrienne E. Adams: The Speaker of City Council has the deep experience to do the job, as demonstrated by her real-time fact-check of Cuomo’s assertion that NYC defunded $1B from the police during the second primary debate.
Zellnor Myrie: The State Senator for most of Park Slope’s answer about public safety at the second mayoral debate (“public safety requires us to do two things” struck me as nuanced and smart.
Michael Blake: The former Assemblyman has the best line about Cuomo in the first mayoral debate.
Not ranking for Mayor: Andrew M. Cuomo. Even if the Democrats weren’t plagued by past-their-prime leaders who won’t leave the stage, the ~dozen sexual harassment complaints against the ex-governor should be disqualifying.
Public Advocate: Re-elect Jumaane D. Williams
City Comptroller: Mark D. Levine, even though his positions are hard to distinguish from rival Justin Brannan (If you want to compare the two, Michael Lange’s linked piece is exhaustive.)
Judge of the Civil Court (Pick Two): Janice Chen, Marisa Arrabito
Borough President: Re-elect Antonio Reynoso
Member of the City Council, 39th Council District: Re-elect Council Member Hanif, whose support for housing will help the neighborhood grow affordably, and whose legislative record has earned the ire of Uber, Madison Square Garden and Trump donors, while earning the endorsements of progressives from AOC to Brad Lander.
Sunday Special: 5 things bystanders can do when ICE is in the neighborhood
By Dan Myers
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