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Chris Smith

May 6, 2013 | The City Politic
Is Quinn’s Flip Showing?

Christine Quinn’s shifting term-limits position may cost her�but not in the way everyone thinks.

April 22, 2013 | Features
The Albany Machiavelli

With unmatched political virtuosity, Andrew Cuomo has so far bent the state capital to his will. But things are about to get a lot tougher.

April 15, 2013 | Intelligencer
Malcolm in the Muddle

In Albany’s long-running sitcom, a new episode.

March 25, 2013 | The City Politic
�Yes, I’m Black�Duh�

Bill Thompson and the strange place of race in this year’s mayor’s race.

February 11, 2013 | Intelligencer
The Mayor of Crazytown

Ed Koch’s towering self-regard made him the perfect person to lead New York to sanity.

January 28, 2013 | The City Politic
Lhota and the Old Days

�I am not a tool of Rudy Giuliani,� says mayoral candidate Joe Lhota. But escaping the shadow of America’s mayor may be tougher than he thinks.

January 14, 2013 | Features
The Left Flank

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has taken on the role of liberal gatekeeper�trying to goad Barack Obama and Andrew Cuomo away from the Democratic center.

December 17, 2012 |
20. Because Our Mayor Isn’t Afraid to Talk Gun Control.

Americans bought so many firearms on Black Friday that the FBI’s background-check system crashed twice.

December 17, 2012 |
19. Because Our Governor Isn’t Afraid to Talk About Global Warming.

�It is real. I believe it’s been coming for twenty years.�

December 17, 2012 |
59. Because We’re Turning the East River Into a Green-Power Dynamo.

The quest started three decades ago at NYU.