Let the City Council speaker race begin

And more coverage of New York elections.

• By Jeff Coltin
• October 6, 2021

Justin Brannan is running for speaker, did you hear?

The son of Bay Ridge has laid the foundation for a competitive campaign for City Council speaker.

• By Annie McDonough
• October 6, 2021

Jay Jacobs backs Hochul after giving Cuomo a “heads-up”

The state Democratic Party chair throws his support behind the governor to discourage primary challengers.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• October 4, 2021

The Nassau County GOP bets on bail reform paranoia in a key race this November

A race for district attorney may serve as a preview of New York Republicans’ 2022 chances statewide.

• By Zach Williams
• October 4, 2021

Exclusive: Inez won’t run, as Barrons back young ally to succeed them in the Assembly

Keron Alleyne is running for District 60 covering East New York and Starrett City in Brooklyn with the political power couple’s support.

• By Jeff Coltin
• October 1, 2021

Brooklyn could decide the 2022 Democratic primary for governor

The borough is even more important than usual as Jumaane Williams gets ready to take on Kathy Hochul again.

• By Zach Williams
• September 30, 2021

Letitia James and the great non-campaign, campaign speech

The state attorney general won’t say if she’s running for governor, but a speech to business leaders sure sounded like she might

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• September 29, 2021

Socialist Alana Sivin plans to challenge Brian Kavanagh for state Senate

She’s one of many progressive challengers expected in the 2022 cycle.

• By Jeff Coltin
• September 28, 2021

Here’s how to reform the NYC Board of Elections

The state Legislature should replace the political cronies with professionals.

• By Christina Greer and Phil Thompson
• July 22, 2021

The Democrats who want to take on Stefanik

A former speed skater is the latest candidate to jump in the race against the rising MAGA star.

• By Zach Williams
• July 21, 2021

Big outside spending didn’t always buy success in NYC’s June primaries

Eric Adams may have gotten a lot of help from super PACs, but Kathryn Garcia was propelled by newspaper endorsements.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• July 21, 2021

Which endorsements really mattered?

And more coverage of key 2021 races

• By Jeff Coltin
• July 14, 2021

The game-changing endorsements of the primaries

These supporters weren’t just a name on a list.

• By Amanda Luz Henning Santiago and Jeff Coltin
• July 14, 2021

Latinas poised to be a force on the City Council

A record 10 Hispanic women won recent New York City Council Democratic primaries.

• By Santa Soriano-Vasquez
• July 13, 2021

A historic 6 Asian American candidates win in City Council primaries

The nominees may bring New York City Council closer than ever to proportionate demographic representation.

• By Jasmine Sheena and Maryam Rahaman
• July 13, 2021

New York City’s most surprising primary results

The unexpected winners, from Brad Lander to Vito Fossella.

• By Jeff Coltin
• July 8, 2021

Eric Adams had to wait for it

• By Jeff Coltin
• July 7, 2021

Eric Adams declared winner in New York City mayoral race

Kathryn Garcia failed to catch up in the ranked-choice tallies.

• By Jeff Coltin
• July 6, 2021

New NYC BOE preliminary runoff same as the old one

• By Annie McDonough
• June 30, 2021

Preliminary instant runoff errors at the NYC BOE

The board withdrew initial projections that showed Eric Adams with a much smaller lead over Kathryn Garcia.

• By Jeff Coltin
• June 29, 2021