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Eric Adams continues the Brad Lander digs at budget presser
The New York City mayor couldn’t help but go off script to shade the city comptroller for not going to Washington.
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Super PACs spent big on NYC Council primaries
The political funding organizations may have had a hand in Chris Banks’ upset over City Council veteran Charles Barron.
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Buffalo primary elections: Progressives strike out — again
Try as they might, progressive Democrats in Buffalo are having a hard time gaining traction. That reality was underscored in lopsided electoral losses Tuesday.
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Hochul celebrated on election night with Queens DA Melinda Katz
All the candidates the governor endorsed were victorious on election night.
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Key New York City Council primaries aren’t decided yet.
Which Democrat will try to unseat Vickie Paladino in November? Are we about to witness the rise of Heshy Tischler?
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Trans activist Shéár Avory to run for Assembly seat in Hudson Valley
If elected, Avory would be the first out trans elected official in New York state.
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Charles Barron expected to lose City Council seat to Chris Banks
The Black radical socialist has represented East New York for 21 of the past 22 years.
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Isis McIntosh Green falls short in City Council challenge to Darlene Mealy
Mealy, a City Council member in Central Brooklyn, won despite being notoriously absent from both City Hall and her district.
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Marjorie Velázquez easily wins City Council Democratic primary in the East Bronx
Her victory sets up a competitive general election race in this relatively moderate district.
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Yusef Salaam of the Central Park 5 is heading to the City Council
He has gone from prison to exoneration and now to elected office.
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Susan Zhuang declares victory in southern Brooklyn City Council seat
Zhuang defeated Wai Yee Chan and Stanley Ng in the Democratic primary, setting her up for a competitive general election in November.
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2023 New York City district attorney primary election results
Two top Democratic prosecutors face challenges, but from different policy perspectives.
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Elizabeth Street Garden cleared for affordable housing development
The lightning rod green space in Nolita united voters behind City Council Member Chris Marté, who faced primary challengers on Tuesday.
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Liberals dislike ‘independent state legislature’ theory… outside of NY
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that courts continue to have the authority to toss maps from state legislatures they deem unconstitutional, meaning state Democrats will continue their court saga.
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Bronx DA challenger gets more money from out of state family than borough residents
Progressive Tess Cohen is challenging the incumbent Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark.
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Could a white guy win in a City Council district meant to unite Asian voters?
Neither Republican candidate in New York City Council District 43, Vito LaBella and Ying Tan, live within its borders.
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Republicans spent over an hour debating…coyotes
Assembly lawmakers engaged in a lengthy discussion over the merits of wildlife-killing contests on what could be their last day in Albany.
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Yusef Salaam doesn’t know the City Council. He says that’s a good thing.
A Q&A with the newcomer to local politics, who’s running for a Harlem council seat against two experienced elected officials.
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Women of color running for mayor in Westchester’s biggest cities
“You develop an instant kinship” among candidates in Yonkers, New Rochelle and Mount Vernon.
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