The plush pols of “City & State Takes Manhattan”

By City & State

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When we were setting out to create our first Manhattan special issue, we wondered: What’s the perfect offbeat way to represent the iconic, energetic borough?

Why, by transmogrifying some of Manhattan’s most prolific politicians into fuzzy, adorable hand puppets, of course! 3-D illustrator Rémy Trappier turned our wild idea into a reality – and we couldn’t have been happier with the results.

So without further ado, we present... the stars of “City & State Takes Manhattan”:


BOROUGH PRESIDENT GALE BREWER


U.S. REP. CAROLYN MALONEY


U.S. REP. CHARLIE RANGEL

Melissa Mark Viverito as a puppet


CITY COUNCIL SPEAKER MELISSA MARK-VIVERITO


U.S. REP. JERRY NADLER


CITY COMPTROLLER SCOTT STRINGER

and introducing Manhattan newcomer …


MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO

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