Why Voter Turn-Out is so low in New York

I asked a friend why is voter turn-out so low in New York? 

In The New York Daily News editoral slamming the Board of Elections renamed the Board of Incompetence the editors point out the preliminary count showed 1,144,729 in a city of what, over 8 million people and what about the stats for the State of NY as well.  How many registered voters are there and how many of them actually voted?

Why so low?

My friend responded because it is a choice between /////////   and ////////.  The choices he gave where between 2 bodily excretions I don't feel like posting on my blog.

The bottom line is voters are hopeless than any politician can actually help them so they stay home.