The Brennan Center fellow is taking on incumbent Council Member Shahana Hanif in what’s poised to be a competitive Democratic ...

On Dec. 14, Espaillat and Rodríguez cohosted the latest in a series of political summits at La Casa del Mofongo in Washington ...

In a letter to MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber, the leaders cited revenue concerns – about $33 billion of the $65 billion plan ...

New year, new legislative session, new administration in the White House. Lawmakers are getting something of a later start in ...

Who’s up and who’s down this week?

It’s not often that a government account makes it into the Top 10, but the New York City Department of Sanitation cleaned up ...

Next year promises to be rife with political intrigue, competitive elections, power struggles and big policy decisions. In 2025, another competitive New York City mayoral race will come to a head – ...

Saying farewell to 2024 also means coming up with a few New Year’s resolutions. But unlike wanting to set goals for personal ...

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In 2021, prominent former Manhattan borough presidents were split in the competitive Democratic primary for the borough’s district attorney. C. Virginia Fields endorsed the eventual winner, current ...

“Latino voters are defecting to the Republican Party.” “Latinos cost Kamala Harris the presidency.” Since election night, Latinos seem to have become the scapegoat for Democrats’ loss of the White ...