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Rounding up the week’s political news.
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The City Council member claimed three endorsements for Brooklyn borough president that he hadn’t received.
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That Latinos have borne the brunt of this crisis is a tragic yet unsurprising reality.
Here are all of the women who have accused the governor of sexual harassment.
Some moderates voted against the revenue bill, while Democratic Socialists changed their vote at the last minute.
In a Q&A, Kapil Longani, counsel to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, talked about the city’s pandemic response, his background and defending pandemic executive orders.
By RALPH ORTEGA
Boosted pay for human services workers, support for Asian American organizations and more.
By KAY DERVISHI
OPINION
That Latinos have borne the brunt of this crisis is a tragic yet unsurprising reality.
Prisoners are at risk and it affects their whole community.
By MONICA SMITH
There are more effective means of economic development.
By ROSS BARKAN
The governor took a step in the right direction by increasing the eligible groups, but he needs to make it easier on providers and patients.
By ROSS BARKAN
POLITICS
Assembly Member Colin Schmitt has a record that belies claims to bipartisanship as he launches a 2022 congressional bid.
Rounding up the week’s political news.
Charged state budget talks about aid for undocumented immigrants has revealed fractures among Democratic lawmakers.
He has skipped local elections and never held office, but he just might be the next New York City mayor.
By JEFF COLTIN, BEN ADLER
Policy
Boosted pay for human services workers, support for Asian American organizations and more.
By KAY DERVISHI
New York’s Excelsior Pass can’t be equitable until vaccinations are equitable, some advocates say.
Some moderates voted against the revenue bill, while Democratic Socialists changed their vote at the last minute.
Vulnerable people like undocumented immigrants can still fall through the holes of an expanded safety net.
PERSONALITY
In a Q&A, Kapil Longani, counsel to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, talked about the city’s pandemic response, his background and defending pandemic executive orders.
By RALPH ORTEGA
How the first woman, and first African American, to serve as Assembly majority leader fought for equitable marijuana legalization.
A Q&A with New York City Council hopeful Felicia Singh on her family’s experience navigating bankruptcy.
The Lucerne resident helped organize an upcoming mayoral forum.
POWER LIST
MAGAZINE
Firsthand accounts of the barriers and triumphs in New York’s political world.
How Black women in government and politics are getting it done.
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.
By BEN ADLER
