Election Day is less than three weeks away, and while New York isn’t one of the seven swing states that will likely decide the presidential election, there are still a number of important issues for Empire State residents to vote on.

Here’s New York Focus’s guide to what’s at stake and why it all matters.

There are hundreds of candidates running for state legislature, local judgeships, school boards, district attorneys’ offices, and more. We’ve picked five key topics to focus on:

1. The presidential and US Senate elections.

2. How New York’s battleground House seats could decide control of Congress.

3. Five ballot measures for New York City voters that Mayor Eric Adams says would improve city government — but opponents claim are just a power play.

4. A proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the New York State Constitution, which supporters say would protect abortion access.

5. Whether Democrats will lose their supermajorities in the state legislature.

The Bronx Democratic Party, which helps elect Democratic candidates across the northernmost borough of New York City, has failed to disclose more than $400,000 in campaign contributions over the past four years — an apparent violation of campaign finance law.

A New York Focus review found that the state Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee, chaired by Assemblymember Jeffrey Dinowitz, transferred the funds in over a dozen installments, yet those contributions never appeared on the Bronx party’s paperwork.

It’s unclear what the Bronx Democrats used the money for. The heavily Democratic borough rarely sees competitive general elections, and the county party has not reported large expenses in recent years. Neither the Bronx party nor the Assembly campaign committee, nor Bronx party chair Jamaal Bailey, responded to a request for comment.

New York State’s Board of Elections, which regulates campaign finance in the state, doesn’t appear to have taken any action in response to the omissions. The board did not respond to a request for comment.

After the Biden administration issued new lead cleanup rules Tuesday, New York is on the hook for at least $2.5 billion to replace toxic drinking water pipes — far more than the state has ever spent to remedy the long-standing health hazard.

The rules require nearly all drinking water utilities nationwide to replace lead pipes within a decade. Lead exposure in childhood and in the womb can cause severe cognitive damage, which has been linked to everything from decreased reading and math skills to increased crime and incarceration rates among adults.

But implementing the plan won’t be cheap. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that there are still more than 9 million drinking water lines made of lead nationwide. Each line costs an average of $5,000 to replace — an estimate that predates pandemic-era inflation — bringing the total cost to at least $45 billion. Federal funds would cover only a fraction of that. President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the federal government would release $2.6 billion to states, the latest installment of the $15 billion to replace lead pipes authorized by the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law.