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City & State’s 10 most clicked on stories of 2019
You may be surprised by what our most clicked on story of the year was – we definitely were.
City & State’s most clicked-on stories this year ranged from explainers to campaign analysis and everything between.
Articles that unpacked housing, criminal justice, tech, labor and immigration policies were of high interest to our readers this year. And our coverage of several congressional campaigns on both the right and left also held a significant amount of curiosity. While these may be just the sort of articles you’d expect to attract City & State readers, it’s likely you’ll be fairly surprised by which story generated the most interest – and clicks – among our readers this year. We’ll give you a hint: It’s related to the 2020 presidential election.
And for the sake of transparency, we’ll admit that our highest performing posts this year were actually our comprehensive rundowns of local New York elections and our endorsement trackers. However, we decided to omit those posts from this roundup since they’re not the most, shall we say, stimulating.
Here are City & State’s 10 most clicked on posts of the year:
These six progressive congressional challengers are hoping for anotherOcasio-Cortesian victory.
City & State broke down the conflicts pertaining to Airbnb’s data sharing – and why New York City wants to collect its data – and the legal battles its facing.
After a series of rent reforms passed last session, City & State compiled a glossary of key terms to give renters a better understanding of what these new regulations mean. Literally.
Shaniyat Chowdhury, a twenty-something, democratic socialist bartender – remind you of anyone? – is taking on Rep. Gregory Meeks, in the hopes of ousting the moderate Democrat.
By now, we all know who won New York City’s public advocate race. But before we had a clear sense of who would win, we turned to experts for their opinion on who was leading the race. The clear winner, even then, was Jumaane Williams.
Despite the odds being stacked heavily against them, these seven Republican candidates feel confident that they can unseat one of Congress’ most famous members: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Is it any surprise that this mouthy Queens boy – that’s right, we’re talking about President Donald Trump – has a lot of mobster connections? Probably not.
Even though New York has boasted that it’s the first state to set the highest minimum wage at $15 per hour, there are exceptions to the rule. We explained which workers aren’t guaranteed a minimum wage salary from their employers and why.
A controversial piece of legislation – which has since been signed into law – will provide driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants. This is how it will work.
Presidential hopeful Marianne Williamson gained national attention this year for her flower child ethos. Her ideology was first formed on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, where she discovered the book “A Course in Miracles.” However, fans of Williamson should be mindful that, much like our current president, the presidential candidate made a “fortune selling snake oil,” wrote journalist Lindsay Beyerstein.
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