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Buffalo’s anointed one: A Q&A with Leah Halton-Pope
2+ week, 5+ day ago (772+ words) Leah Halton-Pope is planning to go from the Buffalo Common Council to the Assembly. Jeff Coltin Retiring Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes was sure that she wanted her longtime adviser Leah Halton-Pope to succeed her in the lower chamber. So…...
This week’s biggest Winners & Losers
1+ week, 3+ day ago (98+ words) Who’s up and who’s down this week? By City & State New York City won its war on rats. Albany is … working on its war on pigeons. But New York now has a new animal menace: the tick. For outdoorsy New…...
Meet the cop-loving North Country dairy farmer Democrat trying to flip Stefanik’s seat
1+ week, 3+ 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…...
Who’s who in Zohran Mamdani’s administration?
1+ day, 17+ 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…...
Editor’s note: Setting the record straight on Mamdani’s lawyer
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (467+ words) New York City Chief Counsel Ramzi Kassem, right, stands by while Mayor Zohran Mamdani signs 9/11-related executive orders on Sept. 4, 2026. Screenshot/New York City Mayor’s Office New York City’s Chief Counsel Ramzi Kassem shouldn’t be condemned for his work legally…...
Where are the subpoenas Julie Menin touted?
3+ week, 3+ day ago (290+ words) New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin and Council Member Linda Lee question administration officials at a budget hearing in June. John McCarten/NYC Council Media Unit New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin made it clear she intended to…...
Editor’s note: Spotting Samuelsen’s strategy
1+ week, 5+ 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…...
Book excerpt: How David Dinkins’ diverse coalition fell apart
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…...
Carl Heastie joins Black legislative leaders in Philadelphia for historic panel
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (532+ words) Joanna McClinton, Solomon Jones, Emanuel Welch, Carl Heastie and Melissa Minor-Brown speak at Mother Bethel AME Church in Philadelphia on Sept. 10, 2026. Harrison Cann On Thursday morning, Black political leaders from Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois and Delaware met for a conversation…...
Meet the new kingmaker who could lead the Brooklyn Democratic Party
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…...