"Historically, New York has some of the worst voter turnouts in the nation and that includes young people," said Justin Yulo, a project coordinator at the New York Public Interest Research Group.
"We live in an underfunded and over-policed neighborhood, and nothing has ever changed. No voting has ever changed that," said Victoria, a 20-year-old student at the City University of New York.
"By not being pro-Palestinian and not advocating for an immediate ceasefire or for Palestinian liberation, you are turning away a big demographic for youth voters."
Many young voters have not yet been persuaded by either party, with Kamala Harris's history as a prosecutor and the Biden administration's continued support of the brutal war on Gaza weighing on progressive voters.
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