New York made choices. Nov. 3 is the next one.
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The issues, with sources
Priced Out
Prices, wages, and household budgets, nationally and in New York. Gas prices are up 28% since last year, to $4.08 a gallon (AAA national average, Aug. 31, 2026). A state income tax cut for 8.3 million taxpayers, free school meals and rebate checks.
Read Priced Out →Farms Under Pressure
What economists, courts, and USDA data show about tariffs' effect on farmers. $30 million in direct relief for farms hit by tariffs from the state.
Read Farms Under Pressure →Coverage at Risk
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act's effect on Medicaid, Medicare, and rural hospitals. About 1.3 million people kept the Essential Plan. About 450,000 still lost it.
Read Coverage at Risk →Your Vote Counts
New York elections decided by a handful of votes. Races decided by 10, 15 and 109 votes, and how to vote early, by mail or on Election Day.
Read Your Vote Counts →The ICE Bill
ICE funding under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the documented record behind it. 2,940 ICE arrests on Long Island from January 2025 to August 2026. In July 2026, more than half of the people ICE arrested nationwide had only civil immigration violations. New York ended local police partnerships with ICE. Here is what the laws do.
Read The ICE Bill →Public Safety
Shootings and murders are down. Felony assaults and hate crimes are not. Here is the record.
Read Public Safety →More than 8.3 million New Yorkers voted in 2024. Nearly 3 million voted early.
About 4 in 10 voting-age citizens sat out. Early voting runs Oct. 24 to Nov. 1. Election Day is Nov. 3. Pick the day you're voting. Your vote counts.
Turnout source: U.S. Election Assistance Commission
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