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Female insurgents have the potential to completely reshape the foundation of the borough’s politics.
Jeff Reed/New York City Council
Rounding up the week’s political news.
New York City’s marches and protests against police brutality invigorated the 22-year-old candidate.
Tracking the winners and losers in each district.
![Vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro [right] with presidential candidate Walter Mondale.](https://www.cityandstateny.com/sites/default/files/styles/media_object/public/geraldine-ferraro-walter-mondale-wikkicommons.jpg?itok=YsbdQM1T&c=8d6c00af863ea7a8d0bf14b4ca90f8b4 "Vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro [right] with presidential candidate Walter Mondale at a political rally in 1984.")
Democrats’ last female VP pick was from Queens and she gets a bad rap from political insiders.
By JEFF COLTIN, BEN ADLER
Hizzoner keeps his enemies far and his friends farther.
Neighborhood activists convinced City Councilman Carlos Menchaca to oppose plans for the Brooklyn building complex.
By KARINA PISER
OPINION
Upzone commercial areas to allow more housing in them.
Mandatory inclusionary housing should be applied to rich neighborhoods.
To protect Black lives, extend the halt on all evictions.
POLITICS
Female insurgents have the potential to completely reshape the foundation of the borough’s politics.
Rounding up the week’s political news.
Democrats’ last female VP pick was from Queens and she gets a bad rap from political insiders.
By JEFF COLTIN, BEN ADLER
Policy
Uber, Lyft drivers score victory to be paid unemployment benefits.
Arrests by plainclothes officers in unmarked vehicles are common in communities of color, advocates and legislators say.
Experts say a national program to increase the supply of materials is needed.
A patchwork of guidance can be hard to understand for renters and landlords as housing courts reopen.
PERSONALITY
This year’s AOC on how he beat Eliot Engel, his top policy priorities and how to pay for them.
By BEN ADLER
A new HBO documentary follows three GOP House members fighting money in politics.
When New York’s leaders were paralyzed, the public advocate made his voice heard around the world.
By JEFF COLTIN
POWER LIST
MAGAZINE
Here’s what to watch during the endless bummer of COVID-19.
Sochie Nnaemeka brings an activist edge at the most perilous moment for the Working Families Party.
By JEFF COLTIN
