New York City
New York City
New rules: You don’t need labor during an election; you need them after
In the reshuffling of power over the past two years, Big Labor has lost several big races.
New York State
How Jordan Wright held off the DSA
The Assembly member gave the DSA its only loss in last month’s primaries. He said it’s thanks to old-school campaigning.
New York City
Legislation to ban horse carriages nears majority support
Hold your horses: Council Members Oswald Feliz, Lynn Schulman and Kamillah Hanks have signed on as co-sponsors and Rita Joseph is poised to follow.
New York City
Mamdani’s push for free buses takes a back seat to faster ones (for now)
Road work ahead? The mayor sure hopes it does.
Personality
Ali Krieger talks Zohran Mamdani and Gotham FC coming to Queens
The Olympic gold medalist and Gotham FC ambassador said the mayor is right to get New Yorkers excited about the world’s most popular sport.
Opinion
Opinion: It’s time to say ‘neigh’ to a dangerous anachronism
The New York City Council can finally get on the right side of history later this month by starting the process to quickly phase out the controversial carriage horse industry.
Campaigns & Elections
Mamdani adviser heads to Maine to sort out Senate mess
Morris Katz is trying to help scandal-starred U.S. Senate nominee Graham Platner wind down his campaign and find an appropriate replacement.
New York City Council
Good government groups back 18% pay raise for City Council, elected officials
But they don’t think raises should be automatic, as the council moves closer to passing the bill.
Opinion
Opinion: Why Block by Block matters for New York's future homeowners
Solving the housing crisis requires not just creating affordable renting housing, but also expanding opportunities for working families to become homeowners.
Opinion
Opinion: The Knicks won. Their fans lost their privacy. It’s time to ban the scan.
A City Council bill would ban MSG and other businesses from engaging in biometric surveillance of their customers.
Campaigns & Elections
How Ritchie Torres, diehard Israel supporter, easily survived a brutal primary cycle
The three-term Congress member handily defeated challenger Michael Blake while two colleagues lost their seats to pro-Palestinian lefties.
Zohran Mamdani
What’s NOT in the New York City budget?
From extra cops to 1% for parks, $126 billion and still not everything gets funded.
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Personality
Darializa Avila Chevalier is dating Mamdani’s lawyer Ramzi Kassem
The congressional primary winner and the mayor’s top legal adviser have been quietly dating since 2023.
Budget
Opinion: Why I voted no on the $126 billion budget
New York City Council Member Althea Stevens was the only Democrat to vote against the budget Tuesday.
Policy
Harlem public defenders threaten strike
The union’s contract with Neighborhood Defender Service – Darializa Avila Chevalier’s unit – expires on Wednesday.
Energy & Environment
‘Stay quenched:’ Mamdani activates Code Red alert ahead of heat wave
After dealing with the city’s coldest winter in a decade, the mayor will face off against potentially record-breaking heat during a tourist-packed holiday weekend.
NYPD
20 years of top cops
A look back at the good, the bad and the ugly of NYPD commissioners since 2006.
New York City
Eric Adams’ Charter Revision Commission sues to get open primaries on the ballot
And joining forces with the ragtag group of Adamsites are the likes of Vickie Paladino, David Paterson and Vito Fossella!
New York City Council
City Council, citywide officials could get 18% raise
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and council Speaker Julie Menin would decline their raises, perhaps sensing that the optics are bad.
