Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability with Commissioner Dave Chokshi, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, on September 29, 2021. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office Why Not Vaccine Mandates for All? Vaccine mandates work, the mayor says. So why isn’t vaccination against COVID-19 mandated for more New Yorkers? That question... News 03 Oct 2021 | 02:37
Mark Levine pulled ahead of Brad Hoylman after what had become a two-candidate race for Manhattan Borough President. Photo courtesy of Council Member Mark Levine’s campaign Manhattan Victories New York City will see a massive turnover in local leadership come 2022, and with the primary results released this week,... News 09 Jul 2021 | 07:05
Jeffrey Omura is running for City Council in District 6. Photo courtesy of Omura’s campaign Pride and Primaries The next City Council of New York will see a massive overhaul as 35 of the current legislators will be term limited, which... News 14 Jun 2021 | 01:24
Mayoral candidate Kathryn Garcia. Photo via Kathryn Garcia on Twitter Garcia Receives Citizens Union Endorsement Citizens Union, the city’s oldest political reform group, endorsed Kathyrn Garcia for Mayor and also ranked Eric Adams and... News 11 Jun 2021 | 04:41
City Council candidate Erik Bottcher. Photo courtesy of Bottcher’s campaign Nadler Endorses Erik Bottcher in District 3 Race Rep. Jerry Nadler has picked his candidate in the District 3 City Council race. The House Judiciary chairman announced Monday... News 10 May 2021 | 07:22
City Council candidate Erik Bottcher. Photo courtesy of Erik Bottcher’s campaign Bottcher Proposes District 3 Jobs Network City Council candidate Erik Bottcher on Wednesday announced his proposal to create a jobs network for District 3 to help... News 31 Mar 2021 | 12:27
Awet Woldegebriel in the Garment District. Photo courtesy of Awet Woldegebriel Fighting to Rescue the Garment District Awet Woldegebriel was drawn to the grit of the New York City — to the struggle, the grind, and something that would push... News 27 Nov 2020 | 11:32
Photo: Scott Stringer via Twitter ‘A City for Everyone’ As he formally launched his campaign for mayor of New York City Tuesday morning, City Comptroller Scott Stringer vowed to... Home 11 Sep 2020 | 10:07
The Lucerne Hotel on West 79th Street. Photo: Michael Oreskes How The Lucerne Became a Shelter Experts agree that the first rule for communicating in a crisis is to get the facts out as accurately, fully and quickly... News 04 Sep 2020 | 03:27
Photo: John Morton, via flickr. State vs City Clash on Election Reforms UPDATED, Aug. 11 at 2:50 p.m.: After a bungled primary election, concerns are mounting over whether election officials will... Home 11 Aug 2020 | 02:49
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signs an executive order on June 12 requiring local police agencies, including the NYPD, to reinvent and modernize police strategies based on community input. With Rev. Al Sharpton, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Assembly Leader Carl Heastie, Valerie Bell, the mother of Sean Bell; Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner; and Hazel N. Dukes, President of the NAACP New York State Conference. ( Photo: Kevin P. Coughlin/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo) Reforming the Police Weeks after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, protesters are still taking to the streets demanding police reform... News 15 Jun 2020 | 01:30
Working to help pass New York state's same-sex marriage legislation in 2011 was an early high point in Erik Bottcher's career. ( Photo: Courtesy of Friends of Erik Bottcher) It's All About the Details In Erik Bottcher’s ideal political world, policy problems would be resolved by gathering stakeholders around a table to hash... News 18 Feb 2020 | 11:30
Governor Cuomo tours L Train tunnel and shows improvements made ahead of schedule and on budget on September 29, 2019. ( Photo: Darren McGee / Office of Governor Cuomo) Who Runs the Transit System? Once upon a time in the Great City, Hugh L. Carey, one of New York’s best modern governors, and certainly its most underrated,... News 31 Jan 2020 | 01:46
Mayor Bill de Blasio and other New York politicians joined thousands of participants in the March Against Anti-Semitism on the Brooklyn Bridge on Sunday, January 5, 2020. ( Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office) Taking Action Against Hate “No Hate. No Fear.” “#JewishANDProud.” “America 2020 Not Germany 1933.” The signs were everywhere on a cold, clear day in Lower... News 06 Jan 2020 | 01:29
Mayor Bill de Blasio announces that Loree Sutton, MD, Brigadier General (Ret.), will step down as Commissioner of the Department of Veterans’ Services during an event on the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on October 3, 2019. ( Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office) Loree Sutton A General's Next Campaign After a decades-long career in the military, and the transient lifestyle that accompanied it, retired Army brigadier general... Newsletter 27 Dec 2019 | 02:59
