Today, the polls are open for this year's primary elections. Polls in NYC will close at 9 p.m., and you can find your polling location here (more info at NYC Board of Elections). There are a number of big races, and Gotham Gazette has its Guide for the Last Minute Voter: The 2008 Primary to help explain the issues in certain districts. Though millions "completely ignore the state primary elections," the NY Times reports, "this......

If you're a registered Democrat or Republican, you can head to your voting location to cast your vote in primary elections in your district. There are a number of hotly contested seats (here's a list of candidates PDF): Real World alum Kevin Powell is hoping to usurp longtime Representative Edolphus Towns in Brooklyn, City Council members Simcha Felder and Kendall Stewart are hoping for Kevin Parker's State Senate seat in Brooklyn, Daniel Squadron challenging State......

Today is Primary Day in the city and state, with candidates for the Democratic and Republican tickets to be selected for Governor, Attorney General, Senate, Congress, and more. If you're registered to the Democratic or Republican party, you can vote! Some candidates are saying that the primary should be moved, because it falls so close to September 11 (remember how five years ago, September was Pimary Day?), which affects how much they can campaign.......

If you're a registered Democrat or Republican, get your primary shoes out. Here's a list of candidates (PDF), but the shortlist of primaries is: - Governor: For the Democrats, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer vs. Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi - Attorney General: For the Democrats, Andrew Cuomo vs. Mark Green - Senate: For the Democrats, Senator Hillary Clinton vs. Jonathan Tasini; for the Repubilcans, John Spencer vs. Kathlen T. McFarland - Congress, 11th District in......

It's just nine days until Primary Day (September 12) and the NY Times uses the slow Labor Day weekend to make it official: It endorses Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Senate primary. The NY Times has a lengthy analysis of her support of the war, as Clinton's only Democratic challenger has been extreme underdog Jonathan Tasini, noting her support of the war has been very diffent and less unfailing than Senator Joseph Lieberman's. The Times......

Get ready to rumble: Tonight is the first of two public meetings to discuss the Atlantic Yards project - but this is the only public hearing, where comments will be recorded into the record (a public forum will be held on September 12 - Primary Day - and it's unclear whether testimony with be recorded). While the Empire State Development Corporation seems to support this project no matter what, it's important for residents to speak......

This must a be a new one: A drug dealer kidnapped beacuse her clients "wanted to teach her a lesson" was rescued by the police tracing her cell phone. Apparently Erica Rodriguez's drugs weren't good enough for three men who ended up kidnapping her from her Hamilton Heights home to East Flatbush. Two of the men got away, but the one that was arrested allegedly has a criminal justice degree (his landlord, who works for......

Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg took time to release his Mayor's Management Report and proclaimed that the city - under his watch, natch - to be awesome. During the press conference, he said, "We have become - envy may be too strong, but maybe not - the envy of the rest of the country and the world." Some highlights:- Crime is down 5%, including murders - Recycling has increased, but summons for not following recycling rules has......

The NY Times has a detailed article about the dilemma of some of the city's Democrats who are Bloomberg Democrats (because, if you will remember, the Mayor was originally a Democrat before he switched parties so he could actually run and win - he's a Democrat in Republican's clothing some say): What do they do on September 13, Primary Day? Do they vote for a candidate to sandbag Fernando Ferrer into a run-off? Do......