2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (408+ words) Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Chief of Staff Elle Bisgaard-Church and First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan. Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images As soon as a New York City mayoral candidate wins election – and in most cases for several months…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (376+ words) Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel hits the campaign trail for a congressional candidate in New Jersey. John Celock “That was a long no. We talked. I said, this is, are we doing an interview, or (are) we trying to recap?...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1301+ words) Democrat Blake Gendebien campaigns at the Bannertown Fair parade in Mayfield. Zach Jaworski In New York’s largest congressional district, you see the campaign yard signs before you see just about anything else. Staked at the end of driveways and on…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (345+ words) Republican gubernatorial nominee Bruce Blakeman has been critical of the pied-à-terre rollout in New York City. Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM via Getty Images City & State obtained pictures of the materials, which were sent to a couple in Queens. “According to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (307+ words) Harry Nespoli, who led the Municipal Labor Committee, retired last year after five decades with the New York City Department of Sanitation. Courtesy Teamsters Joint Council 16 How has the labor movement in New York evolved over the past 20 years? How…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1149+ words) By 1993, identity politics had fractured the mayor’s tenuous hold on different groups of constituents. By City & State David Dinkins, the first Black mayor of New York City, narrowly defeated Rudy Giuliani in 1989 with a fragile coalition of voters. The “gorgeous…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (213+ words) A week later, an item appeared in Politico. Somebody had dug up that McGill’s husband had gotten in a car crash in a company vehicle on Christmas Eve, 2015. Another employee got in a car crash in a company truck in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (350+ words) Gov. Kathy Hochul’s detailed public schedules have been released long after the fact and lacking in information. Upon taking office five years ago, Gov Kathy Hochul promised an unprecedented era of transparency That hasn’t led to speedier schedule releases…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (308+ words) Brooklyn’s Democratic District Leaders met at the Thomas Jefferson Democratic Club for more than four hours. Jeff Coltin Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn’s audacious scheme to maintain control of the county party may work after all – despite all…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (240+ words) Gram-mama mia! Gov. Kathy Hochul hit the pizzeria in one of her new campaign ads. Friends of Kathy Hochul / Screenshot Gov. Kathy Hochul is officially shifting into campaign mode as her first two TV ads of the cycle are set…...