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 Election Dates for NYC Voters
- June 14, 2025: Absentee/Early Mail ballot online request deadline (apply for an absentee/Early Mail ballot)
- June 14, 2025: Deadline to register to vote in the primary election (register)
- June 14, 2025: Primary Early voting starts (find your Early Voting and Election Day polling sites)
- June 22, 2025: Primary Early voting ends
- June 24, 2025: Primary Absentee/Early Mail ballot postmark deadline
- June 24, 2025: Primary Election Day! (find your Early Voting and Election Day polling sites)
Several YMCA of Greater New York branches will host early voting or Primary Election Day voting. See below for more information on polling sites, dates, and hours.
Early Voting
The Y will host early voting for the Primary Election at several locations. Please check here in June 2025 for more details. Early voting is likely to have the following schedule:
- Saturday, June 14, 2025: 8 AM - 5 PM
- Sunday, June 15, 2025: 8 AM - 5 PM
- Monday, June 16, 2025: 8 AM - 8 PM
- Tuesday, June 17, 2025: 8 AM - 8 PM
- Wednesday, June 18, 2025: 8 AM - 8 PM
- Thursday, June 19, 2025: 8 AM - 8 PM
- Friday, June 20, 2025: 8 AM - 8 PM
- Saturday, June 21, 2025: 8 AM - 5 PM
- Sunday, June 22, 2025: 8 AM - 5 PM
Election Day Voting
Several YMCAs will serve as Primary Election polling sites on Tuesday, June 24, from 6 AM to 9 PM. Please check here in June 2025 for more details.
Make your voice heard and vote! Find your Early Voting and Election Day polling site.
Other Resources for Voters / Voter Education
- Register to Vote
- Pledge to Vote (and sign up for reminders from NYC Votes)
- Apply for an Absentee Ballot/Early Mail Ballot (A new law allows all New Yorkers to request Early Mail Ballots.)
- Ballot Tracker for NYC
- Poll Site Locator for NYC
- Know Your Rights