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June 28, 2025
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Jason Linkins
How Brad Lander Lost an Election but Became a National Inspiration
The mayoral hopeful only finished third in the primary but garnered attention for his displays of courage and integrity.
June 25, 2025
Michael Tedder
The Political Youth Movement That Propelled Zohran Mamdani to Victory
At watch parties across the city, the Democratic Socialists of America celebrated Zohran Mamdani—and danced on the grave of Andrew Cuomo’s career.
June 24, 2025
Matt Ford
New York City Can Do Better Than Andrew Cuomo
The Trump era offers a pretty hard lesson in what happens when disgraced politicians get a second chance to abuse their power. Hopefully New Yorkers have learned it.
June 22, 2025
Mark Chiusano
New York’s Election System Isn’t Chaotic. It’s Democracy Done Right.
Some critics say ranked-choice voting has made the city’s elections worse. But the generally friendly, policy-focused Democratic race for mayor is showing why more cities are adopting the format.
June 17, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Team Is Already Lying About Detention of NYC Mayoral Candidate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander was detained after asking ICE agents at an immigration court if they had a warrant.
June 17, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
ICE Agents Just Detained a NYC Mayoral Candidate
Brad Lander didn’t commit a crime. He was cuffed by masked ICE agents and led anyway.
June 13, 2025
Grace Segers
Ranked-Choice Voting in NYC Faces Its Make-or-Break Moment
Four years after electing Eric Adams, the city’s mayoral primaries on Tuesday will provide another chance for voters to use a still-novel system for choosing a nominee.
February 18, 2014
Marc Tracy
Bill de Blasio's Rubber Stamp?
The inside story of how Melissa Mark-Viverito came to run the New York City Council
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