On July 2, an initiative petition was submitted to the New York City Clerk. The initiative would eliminate party nominees in elections for city office. Instead, the city would hold nonpartisan elections in June, with party labels permitted. If no one got 50%, there would be a runoff in November for the top three finishers, using ranked choice voting.

The group submitted approximately 45,000 signatures. The requirement is 30,000 signatures. Now the city council will decide whether to put the initiative on the ballot. If the city council declines, initiative supporters can then collect another 15,000 valid signatures and bypass the city council. See this story.

Currently, all of the largest cities in the United States use completely nonpartisan elections for their own officers, except for New York city and Philadelphia.