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Politics
LaSalle rejected, Adams flies south, abortion pills now in NYC clinics
Rounding up the week’s political news.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Pro-LaSalle ads tied to Tusk Strategies and … Delaware?
Citizens for Judicial Fairness, a group founded by employees of a Delaware-based translation company, is lending its website to “NY donors who want to see LaSalle given a fair hearing.”
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg has had a few good weeks
Bragg talked discovery reform, mental health and targeting gun crimes.
News & Politics
Politics
Asylum-seeker camp opens, NYC wrestles with housing crisis and Cuomo’s podcast begins
Rounding up the week’s political news.
2022 general election
Politics
For NY politics nerds: Here are the debates to watch before the election November 8
It’s time to get that NY1 app.
New York City
Policy
Bronx officials left flummoxed by Orchard Beach debacle
Elected reps from the borough that’s home to the original parking lot site for an asylum-seeker tent shelter expressed confusion and relief.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Rodneyse Bichotte-Hermelyn is on a mission to make it safer to be pregnant in New York
In her latest maternal health bill, the Brooklyn Assembly member wants to ensure women are able to have a fetus removed from their body after a miscarriage.
Editor's Note
Personality
Editor’s note: Could mask-only subway cars make everyone happy?
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to repeal New York’s public transit mask mandate left some vulnerable people stressed about COVID-19 risks. What if they had a special spot on the train?
2022 congressional primaries
Politics
The endorsements for New York’s 10th Congressional District
Who’s backing who in the competitive open seat race to represent parts of lower Manhattan and Brooklyn in the House of Representatives.
2022 congressional primaries
Politics
2022 primaries: Who’s running for Congress in New York
Looking at every House race across the Empire State – which could be key to which party controls Congress.
This Week's Headline
Politics
Adams flares up on bail, asylum seekers arrive from Texas, monkeypox declared state emergency
Rounding up the week’s political news.
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2022 congressional primaries
Politics
In the city’s hottest primaries, candidates hold their breath for an endorsement from The New York Times
Candidates in the races for (at least) the 10th, 12th and 17th Congressional Districts are being formally interviewed – and lobbying hard behind the scenes – for the coveted, possibly decisive nod from the Gray Lady.
2022 congressional primaries
Politics
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez avoids a primary – after raising $10.2 million.
Everyone wanted to take down AOC in 2020. This year, it’s quieter.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Maloney opens Upper West Side campaign office – across the street from Nadler’s
The two incumbents, who are now opponents, are facing off on West 72nd Street.
This Week's Headline
Politics
Housing plan unveiled and continued dysfunction at Rikers
Rounding up the week’s political news.
New York State
Politics
Major findings from the AG’s report into Cuomo’s sexual harassment
Investigators spoke with women who had not previously come forward and corroborated accounts from women who had made accusations publicly.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
Another big night for the DSA
The left-wing group showed it isn’t a one-time wonder in Tuesday’s Democratic primaries.
New York City
Politics