Cuomo’s book deal and the NYC mayoral race gets nasty

Rounding up the week’s political news.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• May 21, 2021

City Council District 37 race readies for a rematch

Darma Diaz won the Brooklyn seat last year unopposed, and now her then-opponents who were kicked off the ballot are looking for a round two.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• May 21, 2021

Police funding returns as issue in NYC budget

The mayor doesn’t propose more cuts to the NYPD, but police reform activists still want them.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• May 20, 2021

Trump’s potential New York legal woes

The former president is the subject of several investigations in the Empire State.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis and Kay Dervishi
• May 19, 2021

De Blasio spending big on NYC’s recovery

But will the city’s coffers be empty for the mayor’s successor?

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• May 19, 2021

First NYC mayoral debate and Stefanik rises

Rounding up the week’s political news.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• May 14, 2021

Cuomo contradicts his own harassment law

The governor’s definition of workplace sexual harassment differs from the one he signed into law.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• May 13, 2021

What Shaun Donovan knows about housing

The former HUD secretary may not know what a home costs in Brooklyn, but he has a long, if sometimes controversial, record of tangible accomplishments on affordable housing.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• May 12, 2021

New York inching towards reopening and Stefanik on the rise

Rounding up the week’s latest news.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• May 7, 2021

Dust to dust

A bill would legalize “natural organic reduction” of human bodies.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• May 4, 2021

Stringer accused of sexual assault and COVID-19 restrictions lifted

Rounding up the week’s political news.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• April 30, 2021

Maya Wiley’s long crusade

The veteran civil rights activist and attorney has always centered racial equity, but hasn’t always produced tangible results.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• April 29, 2021

De Blasio proposes expanded “recovery budget”

New York City’s fiscal outlook was improved by the federal pandemic relief package.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• April 26, 2021

A guilty verdict in Chauvin trial and Cuomo impeachment probe continues

Rounding up the week’s political news.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• April 24, 2021

Chauvin guilty on all counts

New York lawmakers react after a jury convicted the former Minneapolis police officer of murdering George Floyd.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• April 20, 2021

How will New York convert unused buildings into housing?

Lawmakers are ironing out the details on a plan to renovate office buildings and hotels. It’ll cost much more than what they’ve set aside.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• April 20, 2021

Questions over Cuomo’s scandals continue and the mayoral race heats up

Rounding up the week’s political news

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• April 17, 2021

How New York City mayoral candidates want to reform the NYPD

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• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• April 14, 2021

Correcting disinformation about the excluded workers fund

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• April 14, 2021

The state has a budget and the GOP has a candidate for governor

Rounding up the week’s political news.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• April 9, 2021