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
Christopher Marte at his primary night event on Canal Street. Photo courtesy of Todd Fine Marte Leads in District 1 Vote In 2017, Christopher Marte came just 222 votes short of knocking off incumbent Council Member Margaret Chin in a District... News 25 Jun 2021 | 01:32
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... Home 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
Erik Bottcher campaigning. Photo: Gerri Hernandez, courtesy of Bottcher’s campaign ‘Representation Matters’ After what’s felt like the longest primary election in recent memory – all in the midst of a catastrophic pandemic – New... News 07 Jun 2021 | 11:55
Jenny Low. Photo courtesy of Low’s campaign Jenny Low: ‘I Get It Done’ Jenny Low immigrated to the United States with her family when she was 12 years old, learning English while attending school.... News 28 May 2021 | 09:37
City Council candidate Marni Halasa. Photo courtesy of Halasa’s campaign Marni Halasa’s Activist Run In 2017, Marni Halasa ran for City Council kind of on a lark. Friends she’d acquired through activism and her time in a graduate... News 24 May 2021 | 03:05
District 3 City Council candidate Leslie Boghosian Murphy. Photo courtesy of Boghosian Murphy’s campaign ‘We Have to Think Bigger’ In so many people’s lives over the last year, the pandemic has served as a catalyst for change in ways both small and large:... News 17 May 2021 | 01:15
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
