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Do New Yorkers’ Votes Matter?
By Neil A. Carousso
This year’s heavily covered and widely discussed presidential election season has mobilized new and millennial voters to the polls, but in large states like New York, do votes matter?
“We’re not relevant on the national stage,” said Jim Coll, who is the founder of ChangeNYS.org, a non-profit organization with the mission to promote civic education and political reform in New York. “New York will kind of fall off the map in terms of getting attention from these politicians running for president.”
Both front-runners won the New York Primary. Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, won in the Empire State with 58 percent of the vote. Bernie Sanders, who was born in Brooklyn, received 42 percent of the vote and 106 regular delegates. Although Clinton only received 33 more delegates than Sanders she earned 290,614 more votes than the self-proclaimed Democratic socialist.
New York businessman Donald Trump won his home state with a whopping 60.4 percent of the vote, picking up 89 delegates. Trump is now 393 delegates shy of clinching the Republican nomination before July’s GOP Convention in Cleveland. There are 172 Republican delegates up for grabs on what some are referring to as “Super Tuesday III.” Pennsylvania, a winner-take-most state, carries 71 GOP delegates, the most of five states with primaries on April 26.
Ohio Governor John Kasich collected 4 delegates, earning 25 percent of the vote. Texas Senator Ted Cruz, after insulting New Yorkers 3 months ago with a comment about “New York values” in a Fox Business GOP debate, received 14.5 percent of the Big Apple vote.
“We are the ones who are going to have to live with this decision,” said a college-aged female voter who voted for the first time. “I don’t want to complain about the results afterwards when I wasn’t apart of it.”
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Fairness in Politics? Why New York Ultimately Does Not Matter in Picking the Next President
By Neil A. Carousso
Uniondale, NY — Tuesday’s New York presidential primary is the first Empire State primary in memory that made a difference in the election process as GOP frontrunner Donald Trump (R-NY) seeks the magic 1237 delegates to clinch the nomination.
It presents an opportunity for New Yorkers to make an impact in the presidential primaries in an election year unlike any other in which registered democratic and republican voters head to the polls to fulfill their citizen responsibilities.
“We are the ones who are going to have to live with this decision,” said a college-aged female voter. “They affect us regarding education, regarding the economy, our future jobs, things of that nature, so I think [voting] does matter.”
Certainly, this highly publicized and politically charged election cycle has mobilized new voters – millennials and first time voters; however, residents of large states like New York and California have never felt part of the political process until now.
“We should go to a system that is congressional district-based,” said Jim Coll, founder of ChangeNYS.org, a non-profit organization with the mission to promote civic education and political reform in New York.
This evening, polls close at 9 PM in New York. Frontrunners Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Trump are the expected New York primary winners, but millennial voters on the left could change that if they come out for self-proclaimed Democratic socialist Bernie Sanders (D-VA).
“If we went to a system that competed in every congressional district, for each of those electoral votes, there are some districts, 7 of them, that would be considered swing districts in this particular election and they’d be paying attention to the issues that are most closely associated to me, my family, my neighbors and their families, instead of just protecting the political parties and their interests,” Coll said.
Ninety-five Republican delegates are at stake Tuesday while 247 pledged Democratic delegates will be allocated proportionally on the left.
“I’d like to see fairness improve in everything,” said a male voter.
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Make It Count: Neil A. Carousso Joins CBS New York GOP Panel
New York, NY — CBS New York has hosted two panels the past couple of weeks with millennial voters from both sides of the aisle. On Monday, 1010 WINS news anchor Sonia Rincon and WCBS Newsradio 880’s Marla Diamond anchored “Make It Count: GOP Supporters Debate” in the Adorama Live Theatre at CBS Radio headquarters in Lower Manhattan.
“Make It Count” focused on millennial concerns and issues surrounding the 2016 presidential campaigns ahead of the New York Primary. Journalist Neil A. Carousso joined the panel along with Donald Trump supporter Madilynn Morris, John Kasich supporter Johannes Sorto and Sarah Audelo from “Rock the Vote.”
Read more on CBSNewYork.com.
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Giant Recovery: Limited Practice Time May Keep G-Men Healthier in 2015
By Neil A. Carousso
East Rutherford, NJ — This week, Tom Coughlin, head coach of the New York Football Giants decided to implement a “recovery cycle” system to allow for his football team to get healthier before their third preseason game against their fellow MetLife Stadium tenant the New York Jets.
“Let’s not go there,” Coughlin said when asked about the new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), which limits on-field practice time and subsequently seems to have an impact on preparedness in the early weeks of the regular season. The new CBA was implemented as a result of the 2011 National Football League lockout.
Coughlin may decide to implement this recovery cycle in the regular season, giving his players rest at the end of the week, before game day on Sunday or Monday night. In place of drills, plays and scrimmages, each player does different strength and conditioning exercises and even yoga, tailored to individual players’ needs according to health data that is calculated on a new “GPS” system provided to NFL teams.
Meanwhile. foreseeable team issues for the Giants include a young offensive line and a young defensive front. Quarterback Eli Manning has a plethora of weapons including wide receivers Odell Beckham, Jr., Rueben Randle and Victor Cruz, who is out Saturday evening with a calf injury; however, with the young G-Men O-Line the questions remain whether or not the 2-time Super Bowl Most Valuable Player will have enough time to move around in the pocket and throw to his big playmakers one of which could be tight end Daniel Fells, who has been impressive in training camp.
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WATCH: “Be the Michael Strahan of London:” Osi Umenyiora Retires a Giant after Record-Breaking Career
By Neil A. Carousso
East Rutherford, NJ — Osi Umenyiora played 9 seasons for the New York Football Giants as a defensive end. On Wednesday, August 26, #72 retired as a Giant, the team Umenyiora played 9 seasons with before playing 2 NFL seasons with the Atlanta Falcons while rooting for Big Blue.
Umenyiora is fourth among Giants all-time sacks leaders with 75 sacks as a G-Men DE. In the video above, we look back on Osi’s illustrious career and look ahead to a bright future for the 33-year-old man.
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