VIDEO TRANSCRIPT: Central New York residents are unaware of Proposal 1
Rich Rosa: The Armond Magnrelli Community Center in Syracuse is one of 10 locations in Onondaga County open for early voting. Residents are focusing on the presidential election and New York’s 22nd Congressional District race. On the back page of this year’s ballot, voters are asked to vote on Proposal 1. Former social studies teacher Kevin Dombroske says he came to this location unaware of the details.
Kevin Dombroske: I know it’s controversial. I’m not an in-depth student of Proposition 1. I have had neighbors call me and tell me to vote against it. And and when I asked them why, they said it’s dangerous.
Rosa: A “Yes” vote would approve an amendment to the state’s constitution to include protections against discrimination based on ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and reproductive health care. It will also affirm abortion rights in the New York State Constitution. New York State Senator Rachel May supports this proposal.
Rachel May: Proposal 1 takes the protections that exist in law right now for women, for LGBTQ+ folks, for people with disabilities, and codifies them in the constitution.
Rosa: Abortion has been legal in New York since 1970. Opponents of Proposal 1 say the amendment will allow kids to play sports that don’t match their biological sex. In Syracuse, Rich Rosa, NCC News.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC NEWS) — Election Day is a week away, and early voters in Central New York will see Proposal 1 on the ballot, an amendment to the New York State Constitution that may not be on their minds.
The Armond Magnarelli Community Center in Syracuse is one of 10 locations in Onondaga County open for early voting.
Residents are focusing on the presidential election and New York’s 22nd Congressional District race.
On the back page of this year’s ballot, voters are asked to vote on Proposal 1.
Kevin Dombroske, a former social studies teacher, said he came to this location unaware of the details.
“I know it’s controversial. I’m not an in-depth student of Proposition 1. I have had neighbors call me and tell me to vote against it. And and when I asked them why, they said it’s dangerous,” Dombroske said.
A “Yes” vote would approve an amendment to the state’s constitution to include protections against discrimination based on ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and reproductive health care.
It will also affirm abortion rights in the New York State Constitution.
New York State Senator Rachel May said she supports this proposal.
“Proposal 1 takes the protections that exist in law right now for women, for LGBTQ+ folks, for people with disabilities, and codifies them in the constitution,” May said.
Abortion has been legal in New York since 1970. Opponents of Proposal 1 said the amendment will allow kids to play sports that don’t match their biological sex.