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city politic
June 26, 2019
Tiffany Cabán’s Lead Is Another Blow to the Queens Democratic Machine Despite AOC’s upset, the Queens Democratic Party bet against a young Latinx progressive running for Queens DA. It’s time for them to recalibrate.
city politic
Jan. 9, 2019
Mayor de Blasio Aims to Guarantee All New Yorkers a Paid Vacation If the mayor’s call for two weeks of paid vacation a year passes, New York could become the first U.S. city to mandate paid time off.
city politic
Aug. 9, 2018
Cuomo’s State Senate Deal Unravels As Rogue Democrats’ Rivals Gain Momentum Challengers to the Senate’s breakaway Democrats have become a political force, running against the kind of backroom deals that kept the GOP in power.
city politic
July 12, 2018
Ocasio-Cortez’s Upset Over Crowley Seemed to End Amicably. Now They’re Feuding. The Democratic nominee says the congressman is mounting a third-party run against her. He says there’s no ethical way to get his name off the ballot.
city politic
June 27, 2018
Ocasio-Cortez Not Only Beat Crowley — She Beat Old-School New York Politics The congressman had the backing of a powerful political machine. In a climate of anger, it didn’t help him at all.
city politic
June 7, 2018
Working Families Party Mulls All-out War With Cuomo Slighted by the governor, the party backed Cynthia Nixon. Now they must decide if their fight for survival is worth risking a GOP administration.
city politic
Nov. 8, 2017
Bill de Blasio Is a Big Winner and a Lame Duck The mayor showed up his critics with an overwhelming reelection win. Now what?
city politic
Oct. 17, 2017
Trump Frenemy Bo Dietl Wants to Be Your Mayor The independent candidate — an ex-cop and Roger Ailes’s former PI — has a lot to say about “Donald.” And Bill de Blasio.
city politic
Oct. 11, 2017
Scandal-Plagued Cy Vance Suddenly Has a Write-in Challenger Marc Fliedner, a Brooklyn civil rights lawyer, has been drafted by Liberal Twitter to take on the Manhattan DA in November. He’s ready.
Preet Bharara’s Ouster Could Be Very Bad News for Mayor de Blasio And even for Governor Andrew Cuomo, who might get the race of his life in next year’s reelection bid.
city politic
Mar. 9, 2017
The 2017 Mayoral Race Is Shaping Up to Be Wildly Exciting — or Extremely Boring Mayor Bill de Blasio doesn’t have any real election challengers now. But everything hinges on the outcomes of those federal and state investigations.
city politic
Jan. 7, 2016
Cuomo Unveils Plan to Transform Nightmare That Is Penn Station The state is seeking developers for the $3 billion project dubbed the Empire Station Complex.
city politic
Jan. 3, 2016
city politic
Nov. 2, 2015
How Andrew Cuomo’s Flashy Bid to Clean Up Albany Backfired As trials of two of his (once) closest Albany allies begin, the governor may be ruing the day he went after corruption.
The Feud Between de Blasio and Bloomberg Is Thawing The embattled mayor can only handle one political rivalry at a time.
city politic
Sept. 10, 2015
How Cuomo Came Around on Minimum Wage The governor — with a little help from Vice-President Biden — proposes raising the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour.
city politic
Aug. 17, 2015
Mayor de Blasio Had a Miserable Summer. Here’s How He Can Bounce Back. Get out on the street, stop blaming the media, and dial down the national-progressive push.
city politic
Aug. 7, 2015
De Blasio’s Homelessness Headache Both substance and optics hamstring the city’s efforts.
city politic
July 26, 2015
Will the Uber Fight Haunt de Blasio in 2017? In taking on the app, the mayor may have mobilized a new coalition.
Battlin’ Bill de Blasio’s Uber Fight The City Council’s vote to cap the car-hailing service will likely be a win for de Blasio — but will it stoke his political opposition?
city politic
July 7, 2015
When Mayors Attack: Why de Blasio Went After Governor Cuomo Was it time to stop accepting punishment and start treating his tormentor like a schoolyard bully?
city politic
June 23, 2015
Behind de Blasio’s Cop Ramp-up 1,300 new officers and a lot of pissed-off activists.
city politic
June 16, 2015
Inside Albany’s Nervous Breakdown Two days left in the legislative session, and a mountain of unfinished business.
Wall Street Cop Ben Lawsky: ‘That Was What Surprised Me, the Obviousness of It’ Wall Street cop Ben Lawsky on brazen financial crimes, why cybersecurity is the biggest threat to our financial system, and his newest gig.
Is Bloomberg Really Considering a 2016 Run? Some are making the case for the former NYC mayor to enter the Democratic primary as a credible challenger to Hillary Clinton.
city politic
June 3, 2015
The Cuomo–de Blasio Spat Could Have Serious Consequences for New Yorkers Especially for the city’s public school students and rent-stabilized tenants.
city politic
May 29, 2015
city politic
May 28, 2015
Albany Lobbyists Are Misunderstood, Says Albany Lobbyist A state power-broker explains on why he and his colleagues get an undeserved bad rap in the capitol.
city politic
May 22, 2015
Does Albany’s Corruption Crisis Have an Upside? Finally, the citizenry may benefit from the State Capitol’s dysfunction.
city politic
May 15, 2015
Andrew Cuomo: The Last of the Three Amigos Skelos and Silver are out. Will the governor’s playbook work with Albany’s new leaders?
The Diverging Fortunes of New York’s Favorite Political Odd Couple Cuomo backs fast-food workers while de Blasio heads to D.C., as one tries to maintain — and the other tries to build — his national profile.
After Dean Skelos’s Arrest, What’s Next for Albany? The Republican majority leader of the State Senate was the latest politician to fall in U.S. Attorney’s Preet Bharara’s capitol purge.
The Ethics Scandals Just Keep Coming in Albany Sheldon Silver was indicted. Now Carl Heastie, his successor as Assembly speaker, is mired in ethical questions. Throw in Dean Skelos, the Republican majority leader in the state senate, and it’s a wonder anyone’s left.
city politic
Apr. 16, 2015
city politic
Apr. 13, 2015
What Brings Bill de Blasio to Iowa? [Updated] The mayor will be promoting his progressive agenda and quietly boosting his national profile.
the sports section
Apr. 10, 2015
Pedro Martinez Is Just Getting Warmed Up The former ace is throwing heat in his new gig as an analyst on MLB Network.
city politic
Apr. 3, 2015
Chuck Schumer Gets a Head Start on His New Job – Whatever It Turns Out to Be The New York senator has been tapped for a leadership position after Harry Reid retires. But will his way doing of things work in a (probably) very different political environment?
city politic
Mar. 27, 2015
city politic
Mar. 3, 2015
Who Will Take Round Two of the Charter-School Debate in Albany This Year? Pro-charter-school allies won big last year, but Albany’s dynamics have changed just enough to make that less certain.
city politic
Feb. 10, 2015
Is the Akai Gurley Indictment a Makeup Call for the Eric Garner Case? “The guy who deserved to get indicted didn’t, and the guy who screwed up probably will.”
city politic
Feb. 9, 2015
Thanks to Booming Tax Revenue, de Blasio Thinks He Can Have It Both Ways With his latest budget proposal, the mayor is trying to prove he can advance a progressive agenda while keeping the city’s economy strong.
city politic
Feb. 4, 2015
The Political Jockeying That Got Carl Heastie Elected Assembly Speaker The election to replace Sheldon Silver was full of master maneuvers, and all roads seem to lead back to Mayor de Blasio and New York City.
city politic
Feb. 3, 2015
New York’s Next Great Political Battle Will Be a Railyard in Queens De Blasio’s Sunnyside yards plan was the boldest proposal in his State of the City speech. Let the fighting with Albany begin.
city politic
Feb. 3, 2015
Meet Carl Heastie, New York’s New Assembly Speaker The candidate — and the hasty selection process — isn’t what reformers were hoping for.
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