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Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Asad Dandia is Brooklyn’s new borough historian
Borough President Antonio Reynoso tapped the popular tour guide, who’s close with Mayor Zohran Mamdani, to safeguard Brooklyn’s past.
Budget
Politics
Mamdani and Menin join forces to call for Hochul to send more $$$ to NYC
And Gov. Kathy Hochul is not having it.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
We might not know who won the Manhattan City Council special election till next week
Boylan versus Wilson is a Mamdani versus Menin proxy war – but ranked-choice voting may keep us waiting.
Housing
Policy
Progressive NYC Council Members call for action on deed theft
After Council Member Chi Ossé was arrested protesting last week, his colleagues are joining his call to Gov. Kathy Hochul.
News & Politics
Politics
DSA is targeting Rep. Adriano Espaillat in NY-13
Darializa Avila Chevalier is a pro-Palestine activist and public defense investigator who is running against the uptown power broker.
Policy
Policy
Council considers options after Mamdani vetoes buffer zone bill
The bill initially passed the City Council with 30 votes but 34 votes are needed to override the mayor’s veto.
New York City Council
Politics
Farah Louis kicked off secretive NYC Council Budget Negotiating Team
The task force is made up of 20 members who negotiate with the mayoral administration over the city budget.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Eric Adams’ Charter Revision Commission kicks things off at Randy Mastro’s office
A short and sweet meeting for a commission Mayor Zohran Mamdani certainly didn’t ask for.
New York City Council
Politics
A not-so-easy first 100 days for NYC Council Speaker Julie Menin
One member got raided, another is suing, a staffer got nabbed by ICE and budget negotiations are anything but smooth. Welcome to council leadership in 2026.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Zohran Mamdani releases his first mayoral tax returns
The mayor actually overpaid his taxes last year. Meanwhile, Council Speaker Julie Menin refused to share her tax return.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Eric Adams’ Charter Revision Commission to meet in Randy Mastro’s office on 4/20
The ex-mayor’s loyalists are going to try to open up city primaries, Mamdani be darned!
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Heard Around Town
Policy
Council bills would seek bathrooms, maps ahead of World Cup
Preparing for an influx of a million spectators who need to know where to hang out and where to pee.
New York City Council
Politics
Paladino presents her case
At a hearing Tuesday, the Republican council member will try to convince a judge she’s being discriminated against for conservative beliefs after the City Council tried to initiate an ethics committee process.
Zohran Mamdani
Politics
100 days in, Mamdani embraces democratic socialism
“Pothole politics” is the New York City mayor’s answer to “sewer socialism.”
Zohran Mamdani
Personality
Mamdani on Trump, AI, Menin and what can be accomplished in 100 days
The mayor has the job approval of half of New Yorkers, and he claims he never uses ChatGPT.
Heard Around Town
Policy
Mamdani heads to the zoo to announce the latest DCWP settlement
At the red panda exhibit, the mayor will tout a settlement with HungryPanda.
Criminal Justice
Policy
At Bellevue Hospital, Mamdani takes a step toward closing Rikers
The mayor touted the opening of a 104-bed therapeutic unit for incarcerated people to replace a Rikers Island infirmary.
Education
Policy
Report: Absenteeism, lagging test scores, school transfers soar for homeless NYC students
Advocates for Children found that more than 154,000 public school students were homeless last year.
News & Politics
Politics
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn is losing her grip on the Brooklyn Dems
The Assembly member has weathered storms before – but she’s having a really bad week.
Rikers Island
Policy
With new leadership, advocates are daring to hope for change at Rikers
Mamdani’s Department of Correction Commissioner Stanley Richards and federal Remediation Manager Nicholas Deml will work side by side. Their task – fixing a notoriously dysfunctional jail system – is daunting.
