NYC Votes and Partners Join National Effort to Register All Eligible Voters

09/21/2017

NYC Votes is announcing a full roster of events in partnership with the YMCA of Greater New York and other organizations to celebrate National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) on Tuesday, September 26th. Other organizations joining these efforts include the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Human Resources Administration, the New York Public Interest Research Group, Dominicanos USA, the League of Women Voters of New York City and the City University of New York.

NYC Votes and the YMCA will hold a joint press conference to highlight the importance of voting, identify voter registration resources for New Yorkers, and provide details about the day's events.

What: Press conference for National Voter Registration Day
Who: NYC Votes, YMCA of Greater New York, and other partners
When: Tuesday, September 26th, 10:30 AM
Where: McBurney YMCA; 125 W. 14th St, New York, NY 10011

National Voter Registration Day is a coordinated, nationwide effort to create awareness of voter registration opportunities prior to Election Day on November 7th. The deadline to register to vote in New York is October 13th.

On Tuesday, September 26th, 22 branches of the YMCA will have voter registration forms on site. There will be active voter registration drives at the following locations, and members of the press are encouraged to visit and interview new voters as they register for the General Election: 
 

Bronx	PS 154 Jonathan D. Hyatt School	333 E 135th St, Bronx, NY 10454
Brooklyn	Dodge YMCA	225 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Brooklyn	Prospect Park YMCA	357 Ninth St, Brooklyn NY 11215
Manhattan	McBurney YMCA	125 W. 14th St, New York, NY 10011
Queens	Y Roads Center Jamaica	161- 04 Jamaica Ave, Jamaica, NY 11432
Staten Island	Staten Island South Shore YMCA	3939 Richmond Ave Staten Island, NY 10312

Summer Griffin, Youth Voter Coordinator at NYC Votes, will also be delivering a Youth Civic Engagement Workshop at Y Roads Center in Jamaica, Queens at 1:00 p.m. on the 26th.

 Follow NVRD action on social media using the hashtags #NationalVoterRegistrationDay and #NYCVotes. New Yorkers who would liketo register to vote should visit voting.nyc today.

About NYC Votes
NYC Votes is the nonpartisan voter engagement initiative of the New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) and its Voter Assistance Advisory Committee (VAAC). In addition to promoting voter registration, participation, and civic engagement in New York City through its many programs and partnerships, NYC Votes sponsors the city’s official Debate Program and produces the citywide Voter Guide.