Manhattan —
Nicole Cruz does not know whether she will be able to vote this year. Cruz has been a nanny to the same Upper West Side family since 2011, but voting didn’t fit into the family’s schedule for her in 2012. She is concerned that she might not be able to cast a ballot this year either.
“I don’t know how to ask,” said Cruz, 39, explaining that she would need to arrive to work late or leave early in order to vote. Cruz lives in the Bronx and makes a one-hour and 45-minute commute each way to get to her employers’ apartment.
