News & Politics
Filibusters, additional states and impeachment proposed as possible efforts.
Rounding up the week’s political news.
Democrats and Republicans differ on how they’re using their time at home.
Republican speakers blamed Mayor Bill de Blasio for the recent uptick in violence and the city’s general unrest.
![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.
Many small businesses may not be able to survive another six months.
The president claimed recent failures show absentee ballots are an ineffective and “fraudulent” way to conduct elections.
President Donald Trump’s lawyers ask a federal judge to bar Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance from acquiring his taxes.
Why Ritchie Torres wants to be the first member of both the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
A drawn-out legal battle could create confusion for officials and undocumented residents.
