1+ day, 20+ 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…...

1+ week, 5+ 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…...

2+ week, 4+ 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, 6+ day ago   (1124+ words) Julio Peña III is the reformers’ choice to lead the Brooklyn Democratic Party after Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn – if he can keep the coalition together for another month. Emily Assiran Roughly two months out from a vote to dictate the future…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (221+ words) Kathryn Casey Quigley has her sights set on ousting Rich Schaffer as chair of the Suffolk County Democratic Party. Josi Friedrich Newsday reported the clerk candidate accepted, but the comptroller candidate will remain in the race. It’s a somewhat surprising…...