As part of our mission to strengthen community, the Y promotes civic engagement in various forms. Each year we partner with community organizations for National Voter Registration Day and to host voter registration and education at events like Healthy Kids Day. In addition to ongoing teen programming such as Teens Take the City, we have hosted special civic engagement forums for teens. Our New Americans Initiative provides citizenship preparation and has hosted citizenship drives. The Y has also worked with partners to host multilingual webinars on Ranked Choice Voting, and we engaged in extensive outreach around the 2020 Census.
Key Primary Election Dates for NYC Voters
- March 18, 2024: Absentee ballot online request deadline (apply for an absentee ballot)
- March 23, 2024: Deadline to register to vote in the April 2 presidential primary election (register)
- March 23, 2024: Early voting starts (find your Early Voting and Election Day polling sites)
- March 30, 2024: Early voting ends
- April 2, 2024: Absentee ballot postmark deadline
- April 2, 2024: Presidential Primary Election Day! (find your Early Voting and Election Day polling sites)
Several YMCA of Greater New York branches will host early voting or Election Day voting. See below for more information on polling sites, dates, and hours.
Presidential Primary Early Voting
The Y will host early voting at the Flatbush, Northeast Bronx, Park Slope Armory, and Rockaway Ys. The early voting schedule is as follows:
- Saturday, March 23, 2024: 9 AM - 6 PM
- Sunday, March 24, 2024: 9 AM - 6 PM
- Monday, March 25, 2024: 9 AM - 6 PM
- Tuesday, March 26, 2024: 7 AM - 4 PM
- Wednesday, March 27, 2024: 10 AM - 8 PM
- Thursday, March 28, 2024: 10 AM - 8 PM
- Friday, March 29, 2024: 7 AM - 4 PM
- Saturday, March 30, 2024: 9 AM - 6 PM
Presidential Primary Election Day Voting
The following YMCA branches will serve as polling sites from 6 AM - 9 PM on Tuesday, April 2:
- Bedford-Stuyvesant Y
- Dodge Y
- Flatbush Y
- Park Slope Armory Y
- Prospect Park Y
- Ridgewood Y
- Rockaway Y
- Vanderbilt Y
Make your voice heard and vote! Find your Early Voting and Election Day polling site.
Other Resources for Voters / Voter Education
- Check if your district has changed
- Register to Vote
- Apply for an Absentee Ballot (Due to the pandemic, anyone in NY can request an absentee ballot by checking off “temporary illness.”)
- Absentee Tracker for NYC
- Poll Site Locator for NYC
- Know Your Rights