UNY in the News: My Little Falls Covers UNY Post-Election Analysis
Hochul Victory Highlights Missed Opportunity to Connect with Independents Local publication MyLittleFalls.Com covered Unite NY’s post election release. Read more here.
Entries by Tim Dunn
New Yorkers Once Again Stay Home on Election Day, Unite NY Renews Call for Reform
To Fix Longstanding Problems, the State Needs to Give Power Back to Voters Through Increased Ballot Access, Initiative and Referendum, and More Inclusive Primaries Albany, NY – The results of New York’s second primary election of the summer are in, and they are the same as the first, with voters staying away from the polls […]
NY Deserves Better Options at the Polls
One of the most frustrating outcomes of this wild and confusing political year in New York is that, for only the second time in our history, voters will have only two choices for Governor in 2022. The last time this occurred was 1946, when Governor Dewey defeated US Senator James Mead of Buffalo to win […]
UNY in the News: KB Byrd Talking Unite and Reform in the Fulcrum
Kahlil (KB) Byrd, CEO of Invest America, recently talked up Unite NY’s efforts on democracy reform in a great post in the Fulcrum. He compares the challenges to landing on the moon and outlines the challenges we face in fixing a broken system. It’s a great synopsis of our efforts and just how urgent our […]
Can we save NY?
For more than a year, Unite NY has been vocal about the vital changes needed to fix the broken political system in New York State. The systemic nature of our problems are pretty clear when the major issues in the Governor’s race are high taxes, high crime, mandates, and economic opportunities (or lack thereof). Those […]
Unite NY Poll Finds One in Three New Yorkers are Considering Leaving the State
Conducted by John Zogby Strategies, the Poll Kicks off an Ongoing Index on Voter Sentiment on Pro-Democracy Reform; Finds Hochul with Commanding Lead, Zeldin and Giuliani Neck and Neck Albany, NY – A new poll done by the non-partisan organization Unite NY and John Zogby Strategies revealed the shocking finding that more than one-third of […]
Overwhelming Majority of NYS Voters Say Open Primaries Will Bring Needed Change to Failing Political System
A new poll by John Zogby Strategies reveals that overwhelming numbers of New Yorkers are ready to support open primaries, ending a long tradition of “party only” voters in primaries. The poll of 1,505 likely voters statewide was commissioned by the new non-partisan reform organization Unite NY, and was conducted by John Zogby Strategies on […]
WKTV Coverage: Zogby Talks Open Primaries
Unite NY was thrilled to welcome John and Jeremy Zogby to the Rock City Centre in Little Falls on Wednesday night for a sold out event, where attendees learned about Open Primaries and voter attitudes towards such reform. It was an incredible and exciting event that was featured on NewsChannel2 (WKTV) recently. Check it out […]
Unite NY on Capital Tonight – Let’s empower independent voters, not bosses
Did you see Unite NY’s founder Martin Babinec on Capital Tonight? We were thrilled to have Nick Reisman interview Martin based on last week’s press release. Right now, there are 3.5 million New Yorkers not affiliated with a party, but those same voters are shut out of primaries. Many think that New York’ system of […]
Big Wins at the Ballot Box Uniting NY
Since the beginning of the year, Unite NY has beat the drum that New Yorkers are tired of a broken system, and seek a better government that treats all fairly and without bias. We shared stories about why an honest and open government is a necessity for our free. Apparently, New Yorkers agreed, as Unite […]