Today’s your last chance to decide who will run New York City for the next four years, but Election Day is much, much more than just the mayor’s race.
Your ballot includes several important races for City Council, the legislative branch of the city government, whose responsibilities include drafting bills, voicing their communities’ concerns on a broader scale, and checking the mayoral power.
There are several other races for judgeships in the state's Supreme and Civil Courts. These jurists are responsible for the proper, impartial administration of the laws of New York State in cases large and small, civil and criminal.
Then there are the ballot questions — six in all — asking you, the people, to amend the state Constitution and the City Charter. The five City Charter questions are the

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