New York City residents voted on five citywide ballot proposals Tuesday, but only one of them has so far been declared.
According to The Associated Press, with 72.01% of precincts reporting, proposal 2 has received 61.7% of the "yes" votes and 38.3% voted "no." Proposal 2 concerns the city Department of Sanitation's power to clean public property.
The five city ballot proposals were created from a Charter Revision Commission put together by Mayor Eric Adams.
The third proposal would require additional fiscal analysis before City Council holds hearings and votes on laws; the fourth proposal would increase notice before votes on laws regarding the public safety operations of the FDNY, NYPD and Department of Correction; the fifth proposal would require more detail in the annual assessment of city facilities; and the sixth proposal would establish the position of chief business diversity officer to support minority- and women-owned businesses.
Ahead of Election Day, the proposals, along with the commission process, were denounced by City Council members. Opponents said some of the proposals would have diluted some of the power of the City Council.
The AP also declared that New Yorkers across the state voted “yes” to the statewide Ballot Proposal 1, which amends the New York State Constitution's Bill of Rights.