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New York State Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis defeated Congressman  Max Rose.
Early results show Republicans outperforming in congressional and state legislative races.
Sochie Nnaemeka with Jamaal Bowman and Jumaane Williams.
The four parties that failed to meet the state’s new requirements aren’t giving up without a fight.
Democratic Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright (left).
A Republican Manhattan doorman’s Cinderella story ends
Polling site at PS 375 Jackie Robinson School in Brooklyn on election day.
Despite fears of rioting, the state remained relatively calm.
New York has over two dozen congressional races to decide this year.
It was a bad night for Democrats in competitive races.
The NYCHA Howard Houses in Brooklyn.
It could help prevent spikes in coronavirus cases as people spend more time indoors this winter.
New Yorkers voting at  Park Slope Armory YMCA on October 27th.
Boards of election may be a target for bad actors, but it’s not so easy to hack the vote.

OPINION

Some policymakers have advocated reinstating the stock transfer tax that has been dormant for almost 40 years.
It could drive business out of New York and won’t live up to revenue projections.
Here’s what needs to happen to end COVID-19 racial disparities.
The case for impeaching the U.S. attorney general, who has undermined the rule of law in New York.
The MTA plans devastating service slashes to avoid confronting the root of its fiscal problems.

POLITICS

Rep. Max Rose, projected to lose to Assembly Member Nicole Malliotakis.
The Congress member from Staten Island defends his support for Black Lives Matter.
Swing districts on Staten Island and Long Island will likely feature the most competitive races.

Policy

COVID testing center in Savannah Georgia set up by Governor Cuomo.
One line of reasoning posits that vaccines should go to the people most likely to spread the coronavirus.
Understanding pandemics requires lots of data so reader beware of arguments based on a single-metric
Prisoners have just a week left to claim their stimulus checks. But many say they have not been provided with the paperwork.
New reports reveal that students still do not have tablets or internet service required to participate in remote classes.

PERSONALITY

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Women who have risen to lead the Empire State.
Mimi Rocah talks about the possibility of investigations against Trump and her plan to address racial disparities in arrests.
The next DSA state senator talks pandemic-era schooling, missing his students and the work that awaits him in Albany.
The civil rights watchdog is running for mayor in a year when police reform could dominate the debate.

POWER LIST

MAGAZINE

Sochie Nnaemeka
The next generation of rising stars in state politics.
Here’s what to watch during the endless bummer of COVID-19.
NYPD officer unions taught the NYC mayor a lesson in 2014. He hasn’t forgotten it.
Sochie Nnaemeka brings an activist edge at the most perilous moment for the Working Families Party.

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