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The City, founded in 2019, is a digital news platform for and about New York City. It is perhaps the only non-partisan, independent news outlet dedicated to covering America’s largest city–which is also home to the Henry Luce Foundation. The City has made election coverage a hallmark of its journalism. In addition to coverage of the races, The City will keep voters informed about registration deadlines, ballot initiatives, redistricting, and down-ballot races that tend to rec eive little attention. The City also seeks to move away from horse-race coverage and to report on the discussions that are animating local communities and shaping their politics. Finally, The City will help New Yorkers understand what is at stake in the race: although New York is seen as a one-party town where voting makes little difference, in fact citizens will be profoundly affected by the judges, state representatives, and referenda on the ballot.