Dan Donovan
An Irish lament: The fading of Hibernian political power
New York has the most Irish-Americans of any major city in the country, but their political clout reached an unheralded nadir last year after state Senator Marty Golden and Representatives Joe Crowley and Dan Donovan were swept from power by challengers.
Campaigns & Elections
‘Blue wave’ and Amazon come to New York
Amazon is coming to Long Island City, but not before the Blue Wave. Rounding up the week’s political news.
Lee Zeldin
How our readers’ predictions match up with election results
Readers predicted some outcomes better than City & State did.
Max Rose
Tuesday’s lesson for congressional candidates: Run local. Run moderate.
Democratic congressional winners Max Rose, Anthony Brindisi and Antonio Delgado reap the rewards of campaigning as centrists in Trump country.
New York State
New York House general election results 2018
How Democrats perform in the Empire State will signal whether the party can take the House.
John Flanagan
Five things to watch for on Election Day
The New York elections will decide who will have control of Congress and the state Senate, test the GOP’s appeal – and de Blasio’s.
New York State
How our readers’ predictions match up with voter polls
Readers are predicting large margins of Democratic victories where voter polls indicate a tight race.
Michael Bloomberg
Why Michael Bloomberg keeps helping Republicans
Bloomberg is a Democrat again, but he’s still supporting GOP lawmakers in vulnerable districts.
Max Rose
Max Rose’s 'Staten Island first' strategy
Democrat Max Rose has distanced himself from his party and focused on local issues.
Tom Reed
Previewing New York's most competitive congressional races
New York congressional districts that are currently in play, according to rankings by the Cook Political Report, Sabato’s Crystal Ball or Inside Elections with Nathan Gonzalez/Roll Call.
Andrew Cuomo
Proud Boys brawl, Dems raise cash and Cuomo leads in the polls
Proud Boys brawl in Manhattan, Dems perform well in congressional races and Cuomo leads in the polls
New York State
Bosnian ads, turning on fellow Dems, and other ways to ride the blue wave
New York Democrats are thinking outside the usual box to win a ticket to Washington.
New York State
Out-of-district donations dominate congressional fundraising
Out-of-district donations dominate New York's congressional fundraising.
New York City
The belligerent style in American politics
How New Yorkers hijacked the Republican Party.
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Donald Trump
NY GOP lawmakers largely silent on Cohen, Manafort bombshells
Republican members of New York’s congressional delegation are taking a wait-and-see approach in responding to how the criminal conviction of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chair Paul Manafort and the guilty plea of Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen will affect their support for Trump moving forward.
Peter King
NY Republicans can't seem to agree on Helsinki summit
Several New York House Republicans pushed back against President Donald Trump’s seeming acceptance of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rejection of allegations of election meddling.
Veterans
Veterans’ affairs
How well is New York serving those who served in the military?
Dan Donovan
The uncertain future of the Brooklyn VA hospital
Rep. Dan Donovan introduces a bill that would require increased information sharing from the VA to local patients and elected officials amid privatization fears.
Joe Crowley
A stunning upset, congressional primaries and a Janus decision
A stunning upset, congressional primaries and a Supreme Court Janus decision in this week's top political news.
New York City
The polls got it wrong again! Or did they?
The time lag between polling and the congressional primary may have caused the discrepancy.
Staten Island
