NEW YORK CITY —

This election day, with the next presidential election just a year away, NYCity News Service reporters reached out across the city to ask New Yorkers: what’s the most important issue for you — and why?

From abortion rights to immigration, climate change to social security and the fate of democracy in the US and beyond, the wish list that New Yorkers shared is as diverse as the city itself.

Check out some of what they had to say:

 

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