The New York City Council paid $2 million to the United States Postal Service earlier this month – days before New Yorkers across the city began receiving mailers criticizing three housing-related ballot proposals up for consideration on the November ballot.

The first round of paper mailers, sent in early October, warn readers to not be “misled” by the three questions, which have sparked fierce debate since they were created by a Charter Revision Commission convened by Mayor Eric Adams last year. City Council spokespeople would not say how much money was being spent on the mailers – so it’s unclear how much of the $2 million went toward sending them. Records posted to Checkbook NYC dated Oct. 2 only say the money was for postage and paid to the USPS, not what it was used to send. City

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