New Yorkers Make Final Choices in Second Summer Primary After Early Turnout Flop
A poll worker helps an Upper West Side early voter, Aug. 19, 2022.Hiram Alejandro Durán/THE CITY After a chaotic redistricting...
Elections
Meet the Big Money That Paid to Pack Your Mailbox This Election
State Senator Gustavo Rivera (D-The Bronx) has been targeted by ads from independent expenditure committees.NYS Senate Media Services If you’re...
Bill de Blasio Got — and Ignored — Warning to Pay for NYPD Travel During His Presidential Campaign
Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY Last fall the city Department of Investigation released a damning report declaring that then-Mayor Bill de Blasio...
Dolan Family, Knicks Owners, Dole Big Bucks to Hochul While Enjoying Madison Square Garden Tax Break
Governor Kathy Hochul at the Jacob Javits Center in March 2022.Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY With Gov. Kathy Hochul facing an unexpectedly...
Gov. Hochul Holds on After Tough Campaign Against Right-Winger Zeldin
Gov. Kathy Hochul campaigns on Election Day in Downtown Brooklyn, Nov. 8, 2022.Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY Gov. Kathy Hochul fought off...
Gov. Hochul and Lee Zeldin Talk Crime, Abortion, Trump and Asylum Seekers in Their Only Debate
Gubernatorial candidates Gov. Kathy Hochul and Rep. Lee ZeldinBen Fractenberg/THE CITY, Hiram Alejandro Durán/THE CITY In an oft-frantic hour-long debate,...
‘Communities of Interest’ Clash Over New Council Maps in Southeast Queens
Maps and districts, oh my! Southeastern Queens residents protested a proposal that would divide Richmond Hill from South Ozone Park,...
Socialists and Big Business Both Lose Bids to Sway State Assembly Elections
Bronx Assemblymember José Rivera, defeated after two decades in office.New York State Assembly All but one Democratic incumbent in 28...
Conservatives’ Federal Case Challenges Immigrant Voting — Using Ex-Council Members’ Own Words
Then-Council Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo speaks in support of Eric Adams at a campaign rally in Cadman Plaza on Wednesday,...
Public Spending on 2021 NYC Elections Blew Away Previous Records
People take part in early voting at the Erasmus Educational Complex in Brooklyn, June 14, 2021.Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY First-time candidates...
