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Eric Adams’ Appointments Kick Up Old Scandal + Amazon Workers Continue Union Fight

No 250 |
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New COVID Surge + Adrienne Adams Claims Victory in Speaker Race

No 249 |
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Tish James Drops Out of Governor’s Race + Good News for Good Cause Eviction

No 248 |
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Adams Announces Transition Team + Conservative Bloc Eyes Council Speaker Race

No 247 |
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Gowanus and NY Blood Center Rezonings Approved

No 246 |
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State Stops Accepting Rent Relief Requests

No 245 |
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Teachout Announces AG Run + State Prison Closure Plans

No 244 |
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Taxi Drivers Win Debt Relief + Voting Rights Ballot Initiatives Fail

No 243 |
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Cuomo Charged + James & Jumaane Announce Runs for Governor

No 242 |
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Amazon and Taxi Workers Organize + Buffalo Mayor Race Down to Wire

No 241 |
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Report Slams De Blasio for Campaign Finance, Again

No 240 |
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Head of Major NYPD Union Resigns + Dem Chair Endorses Hochul

No 239 |
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De Blasio Visits Rikers In Crisis + Jumaane Williams Announces He May Run for Governor

No 238 |
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Food Delivery Workers Win Landmark Protections + Rikers Crisis Continues

No 237 |
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A Humanitarian Crisis at Rikers + City Council Speaker Race Heats Up

No 236 |
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City workers and Students Return + India Battles Sore Loser Brown in Buffalo

No 235 |
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Eviction Moratorium Extended + New Redistricting Map Incoming

No 234 |
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Kathy Hochul Becomes Governor + Eviction Protections Weakened

No 233 |
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Some New Yorkers Eligible for Booster Shots + Cuomo Not Leaving Quietly

No 232 |
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Cuomo Announces Resignation + Eviction Moratorium Partially Blocked

No 231 |
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Top Cuomo Aide Resigns + Governor Faces Likely Impeachment

No 230 |
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City and State Workers Get a Vaccine Mandate + Adams Declares War on DSA

No 229 |
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Justice Department Drops Cuomo Nursing Home Probe + NY Redistricting Begins

No 228 |
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Cuomo Questioned + Covid Cases Rise Again

No 227 |
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Adams Wins Dem Nomination + 2022 Council Speaker Race Begins

No 226 |
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BOE Releases Initial Rank-Choice Tabulations + City Council Passes New Budget

No 225 |
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Waiting on Final NYC Election Results + Socialist Wins Mayorship in Buffalo

No 224 |
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Primary Election Roundup - Vote Tomorrow!

No 223 |
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DSA City Council Candidates attacked by Republican PAC + Final Week of Canvassing!

No 222 |
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AOC Endorses Maya Wiley + NYCHA’s Blueprint for Change Shelved

No 221 |
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Trouble for the Morales Campaign + Manhattan DA Race Heats Up

No 220 |
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Ramos Challenges Sectoral Bargaining Deal for Gig Workers + More Endorsements

No 219 |
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NYC Pride Bans NYPD Presence + Good Cause Eviction Explainer

No 218 |
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Jefferies Backs Hudson in District 35 + NY Extends the Eviction Moratorium

No 217 |
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New York Loses a Congressional Seat + Stringer’s Support Withers After Assault Allegations

No 216 |
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Cuomo Investigated Again + Mayoral Endorsements Continue

No 215 |
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Covid Hospitalization Rates Fall + Mayoral Candidates Get Matching Funds

No 214 |
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Budget Rundown + Mayoral Race Intensifies

No 213 |
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Weed is Legal + Budget is Late

No 212 |
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Cuomo’s mounting troubles, Zoom in the classroom + an end to qualified immunity

No 211 |
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NYPD Exceeds Overtime Cap + Who is Kathy Hochul?

No 210 |
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Assembly Explores Impeachment + Unions Endorse Eric Adams

No 209 |
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Calls Grow For Cuomo’s Resignation + Politicians Eye 2022 Gov Race

No 208 |
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Cuomo’s Woes + NYC Schools Chancellor Resigns

No 207 |
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Cuomo Tries to Bully His Way Out of Nursing Home Scandal + Vaccination Disparities Persist

No 206 |
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Cuomo’s Nursing Home Deaths Coverup + The State Budget Explained, Part II

No 205 |
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The State Budget Explained; Vaccine Rollout Expanding

No 204 |
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Vaccination Data Reveals Racial Disparity + De Blasio Delivers Final State of the City

No 203 |
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Hunts Point Strikers Wins Wage Increase + The Fight for Kingsbrook Medical Center

No 202 |
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De Blasio introduces austerity budget + Yang enters the mayoral race

No 201 |
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Cuomo, De Blasio trade blame for vaccination rollout + Celebrating 200 Issues

No 200 |
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NYS Eviction Moratorium In-Depth + The Thorn Reader Survey

No 199 |
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Jail Population Increases Despite Reforms + Mayoral Race Takes Shape

No 198 |
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Damning City Report on NYPD + Heastie Resists Rent Relief

No 197 |
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Cuomo Floats Raising Taxes + Mayoral Race Gets Crowded

No 196 |
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Assembly Member-Elect Forrest: “Tax The Rich to Fund NY’s Recovery” + State Dems Bolster Supermajority

No 195 |
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State Senate Dems Secure Supermajority + WFP Announces City Council Endorsements

No 194 |
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NYC Schools Close + NY State Dems Continue Electoral Wins

No 193 |
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NYC-DSA Announces City Council Slate + City Fears Second COVID-19 Spike

No 192 |
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NYC-DSA slate members sweep their races + Working Families Party retains ballot access

No 191 |
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The Election Is Tomorrow

No 190 |
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COVID Rates Are Low in Schools but Spiking in Prisons + Menchaca Enters Mayoral Race

No 189 |
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New Push to Tax NY’s Rich + Billionaire Trying to Prevent Democratic Supermajority

No 188 |
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Protests in Borough Park + Menchaca, Wiley Eye Mayoral Runs

No 187 |
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Gowanus Rezoning Process Starts in January + AM Mosley Challenging Souffrant Forrest in General Election

No 186 |
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Gowanus Rezoning Process Starts in January + AM Mosley Challenging Souffrant Forrest in General Election

No 186 |
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Industry City Developers Withdraw + Johnson Exits Mayoral Race

No 185 |
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City Delays In-Person Learning + WFP Fights for Ballot Line

No 184 |
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NYPD Turns Violent at BLM Protest + Comptroller Stringer Announces Mayoral Bid

No 183 |
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School Opening Delayed + State AG Empanels Grand Jury in Prude Case

No 182 |
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Teachers Prepare for Strike + City Council Backtracks on Chokeholds

No 181 |
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Industry City Plan Moves Closer to Approval + Absentees for All in November

No 180 |
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Johnson Slashes Funding where Council Members Voted against Budget

No 179 |
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Council Split over Industry City Rezoning + Brooklyn Census Responses Lag

No 178 |
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Tenants Face Mass Evictions + Teachers Threaten Sick-Out to Protest School Reopening

No 177 |
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DSA Sweeps State Legislative Races

No 176 |
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Marcela Mitaynes Wins!

No 175 |
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Myrie Proposes Bill to Halt Evictions + BOE Starts Counting Absentee Ballots

No 174 |
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Tentatively Great Election for DSA and NYC Left + City Hall Park Occupied

No 172 |
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De Blasio & Johnson Fund the Police + Absentee Ballots Delayed

No 173 |
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Primary Elections Roundup + RGB passes rent freeze

No 172 |
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50-A Repealed + Myrie Pushes to Outlaw Geofence Warrants

No 170 |
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Protests Continue Despite Police Violence, Curfew + Progressives Unite Against Eliot Engel

No 169 |
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Police Violence Escalates + Bernie Endorses Jabari

No 168 |
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Calls to Cut NYPD Budget + Presidential Primary Survives Court Appeal

No 167 |
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Subway Closures Overwhelm Shelters + Marcela Mitaynes Interview

No 166 |
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Eviction Moratorium Extended with Limitations + Jabari Brisport Interview

No 165 |
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May Day Rent Strike + Phara Souffrant Forrest Interview

No 164 |
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BOE to Send Absentee Applications to All Voters + Salazar & Mamdani Introduce Legislation to Protect Cab Drivers

No 163 |
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Housing Justice for All Calls for Rent Strike + WFP Endorses Samelys López

No 162 |
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The Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 + Cuomo and de Blasio Spar Over School Closures

No 161 |
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Cuomo Imposes Budget Catastrophe as Covid-19 Crisis Continues

No 160 |
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Cuomo Silent on Rent Cancellation Bill + Presidential Primary Postponed to June 23

No 159 |
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Cuomo Announces Stay-At-Home Order, Backs Plan to Cut Medicaid

No 158 |
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NYC Schools Closed + Petition Requirements Reduced

No 157 |
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Cuomo Declares State of Emergency + WFP NY State Endorsements

No 156 |
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Evictions Down in NYC + Bronx Democratic Chair Not Running for Re-election

No 155 |
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AOC Endorses Samelys Lopez  + Boris Santos Suspends Campaign For Assembly

No 154 |
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Broker’s Fees Hang On (For Now) + de Blasio Endorses Bernie

No 153 |
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Brokers Fees Banned + Good Cause Eviction Moves Forward

No 152 |
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Fare-Evasion Enforcement Data Shows Racial Disparities + New Wave of NYC Bernie Endorsements

No 151 |
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MTA Transit Chief Resigns + Council Member Espinal Resigns

No 150 |
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Taxi Driver Bailout Proposal + Bushwick Rezoning Stalls

No 149 |
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Cuomo Delivers State of the State Address + Tremaine Wright Announced State Senate Run

No 148 |
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Mayor responds to Soleimani Killing with Increased Policing + Queens Borough President Race Comes into Focus

No 147 |
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New City Policies to Fight Homelessness + WFP Makes Local Endorsements

No 146 |
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McKinsey Covers Up Rikers Violence + More NYC-DSA Endorsements

No 145 |
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AOC Takes Victory Lap on Amazon + More State Senate Republicans to Retire

No 144 |
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Public Finance Commission Results + Evictions Drop After New Rent Laws

No 143 |
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NYPD Subway Crackdown Continues + Council Staffers Launch Union Drive

No 142 |
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City Council Staff Considers Unionization + Bloomberg Apologizes for Stop and Frisk

No 141 |
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Election Day Results + NYPD Commissioner Resigns

No 140 |
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Councilman Andy King Suspended + Ballot Measure Explainer Part 3

No 139 |
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Cuomo Wants to “Destroy” the WFP + Ballot Measure Explainer Part 2

No 138 |
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City Council approves plan to replace Rikers + Ranked Choice Voting In-Depth

No 137 |
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WBAI Restored + DSA-endorsed Boris Santos Thinks “We Should Eradicate Private Property”

No 136 |
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AOC Opposes Mayor's Rikers Plan + DSA-Endorsed Phara Souffrant-Forrest "Doesn't Think Anyone Should Be Paying Rent"

No 135 |
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NYC-DSA Makes Four Endorsements + Cuomo Extends Party Affiliation Deadline

No 134 |
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Thousands March in Climate Strike + AOC Will Face Primary Challenger

No 133 |
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MTA Adding 500 More Cops + Fusion Voting & Public Campaign Financing Debated

No 132 |
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Con Ed Feels the Heat + Cuomo Proposes Primary Day Shift

No 131 |
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NYPD Officers Who Raped Brooklyn Teen Get Probation + Panel Recommends Eliminating Gifted & Talented Programs

No 130 |
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Pantaleo is fired + Public Campaign Finance Commission meets

No 129 |
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Hotel Trades Council Spies on NYC-DSA + Next Steps for Queens

No 128 |
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Tiffany Cabán Concedes + 2021 Mayoral Candidates Declare

No 127 |
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Judge Rules Pantaleo Should Be Fired + Cabán Legal Challenge Continues

No 126 |
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Public Power Campaign is Electrifying + 2021 Manhattan DA Race Heats Up

No 125 |
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DOJ Declines to Indict Cop Who Killed Eric Garner; Heat Wave Stresses City Resources

No 124 |
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President of 32BJ Dies + Solitary Confinement Updates

No 123 |
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Katz Takes Narrow Lead in Queens DA Election, Race Heads To Recount

No 122 |
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Katz Takes Narrow Lead in Queens DA Election, Race Heads To Recount

No 122 |
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Tiffany Cabán Declares Victory in Queens DA Primary, Katz Pushes for Recount

No 121 |
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NY Times, Sanders and Warren Endorse Cabán + Meet the Judicial Candidates

No 120 |
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Rent Control Victory + Judicial Elections Explainer

No 119 |
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Senate Democrats Announce Agreement on Rent Laws + DecrimNY Bill to be Introduced

No 118 |
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Studying Racial Impact in Rezonings + Queens DA Race Donations

No 117 |
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Predatory Lending Ruins Taxi Drivers + AOC Endorses Cabán

No 116 |
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Housing Justice for All Gains Support + De Blasio Covers Up Car Crash

No 115 |
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Drivers on Strike + Get Your Thorn Trivia Night tickets!

No 114 |
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Rent Regulation Battle Heating Up + Queens DA Brown Dies

No 113 |
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Albany Fights Over Rent Control + The Secret Lists of Lying Cops

No 112 |
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Climate Mobilization Act Passes + Jumaane endorses in District 45

No 111 |
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Housing Justice for All Ramps Up + Queens DA Special Election

No 110 |
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State Budget Woes + A New Deputy Mayor

No 109 |
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The NYC Thorn, Sponsored by REBNY: Cuomo Beats Back Socialist Scourge in Budget

No 108 |
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$25 billion Hudson Yards Opens + What Do Borough Presidents Do?

No 107 |
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Meeks Replaces Crowley + Sex Work Decrim in the Queens DA Race

No 106 |
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Corey Johnson’s Transit Vision & Budget Trouble in Albany

No 105 |
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Cuomo’s Backroom Convos + Jumaane Williams is Public Advocate

No 104 |
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Public Advocate Special Election Tomorrow + Andrew Cuomo Is Sad

No 103 |
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Grassroots Opposition Defeats Amazon

No 102 |
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Cuomo and de Blasio Agree on Dire Budget Warnings & NYC-DSA Endorses Tiffany Cabán for Queens DA

No 101 |
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Power restored at MDC after days without heat, lighting + Our 100th Issue!

No 100 |
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RHA, CCCA, Boss Bill, DREAM Act passed + State Budget Process Overview

No 99 |
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State of the State

No 98 |
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Electoral Reform in Albany + The Queens DA Race

No 97 |
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Cuomo’s L Train Adventures + 2019 Elections

No 96 |
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Cuomo’s Progressive Plans + Alicia Glen Resigns

No 95 |
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The Fight Against Amazon Continues + Cash Bail Reform

No 94 |
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A Tough Fight Against Amazon + NYC-DSA - A Political Force

No 93 |
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Cuomo Meets Trump + 2019 Legislative Agenda Takes Shape

No 92 |
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NYCHA Privatization + NYC-DSA Public Advocate Forum on Tuesday

No 91 |
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Cuomo & De Blasio Give Amazon Billions to Settle in Long Island City

No 90 |
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Democrats take State Senate + Reactions to Amazon

No 89 |
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ELECTION TOMORROW + “FLIP YOUR BALLOT” PROPOSALS

No 88 |
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2019 Races Get Underway + Fusion Balloting

No 87 |
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The Rise and Fall of De Blasio & NY Health Act Gains Momentum

No 86 |
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Cuomo Keeps it Divisive & Former IDC Members Contemplate Their Futures

No 85 |
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Kavanaugh Protests + Cuomo Accepts WFP Endorsement

No 84 |
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Stringer Fumbles Key Housing Data + Lancman Announces DA Run

No 83 |
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Post-Primary Jockeying on Rent Control, Congestion Pricing + Salazar and Nixon Retrospectives

No 82 |
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Julia Salazar Wins + Voter Turnout Stats

No 81 |
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PRIMARY THIS THURSDAY

No 80 |
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Nixon Debates Cuomo + The Village Voice Shuts Down

No 79 |
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New York Health Act Implications & Attorney General Debate

No 78 |
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A Preview of Potential Ballot Measures from the Mayor’s Commission & The New York Times Endorses Zephyr Teachout for Attorney General

No 77 |
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NYC institutes a cap on ride-hailing vehicles + WFP and CWA endorse Julia Salazar

No 76 |
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New York Health Act Financially Sound + Jumaane’s Challenge Leaves Hochul Shook

No 75 |
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Layoffs at New York Daily News + NYC DSA Endorses Nixon, Williams

No 74 |
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Campaign Finance Disclosures Week

No 73 |
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Another Cuomo Crony Found Guilty + Petitioning Period Ends

No 72 |
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Julia Salazar gets Cynthia Nixon’s endorsement

No 71 |
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wins!

No 70 |
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Paid Parental Leave for NYC Teachers + US Congressional Primaries Are This Tuesday, June 26th

No 69 |
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Ocasio-Cortez debates Crowley + NYCHA Mismanagement

No 68 |
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Outrage Over Pablo Villavicencio’s Detention + Specialized High School Reform Stalled

No 67 |
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City Nearing Billion Dollar NYCHA Settlement + Electoral/Housing

No 66 |
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New MTA Action Plan + NY State Democratic Convention

No 65 |
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State AG Race In Full Swing + How New York Pols Are Replaced

No 64 |
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Sheldon Silver Convicted Again + Schneiderman Resigns

No 64 |
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NYC-DSA endorses Julia Salazar + NYC schools strike and occupy

No 63 |
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2019 City Budget Proposal + NYC-DSA endorses Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

No 62 |
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Voting Rights Restored + Return of the Rent Guidelines Board

No 61 |
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Working Families Party Endorses Nixon, NYCHA Chair Resigns

No 60 |
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IDC & Cuomo Broker Reunification Deal + NYC’s Solidarity Economy

No 59 |
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State Budget Passes + The Fight For Union Labor at Hudson Yards

No 58 |
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Nixon Enters Governor Race + NYC Schools Chancellor

No 57 |
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Cuomo visits NYCHA + How Private Developers Acquire Public Land

No 56 |
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NYPD Corruption + Solitary Confinement in NY

No 55 |
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School Chancellor Confusion + WFP Vs. IDC

No 54 |
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NYC union workers rally ahead of Janus + The State of NYC’s Fossil Fuel Divestment

No 53 |
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Rikers-Replacing Jail Sites Announced + Jumaane Williams’ Lt. Gov Campaign is Official

No 52 |
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NYCHA Chair Testifies on Heating Failures + April 24 Special Elections

No 51 |
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De Blasio Releases Budget Proposal + Cuomo Schedules Special Election

No 50 |
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NYCHA Leasing Land to Developers + CLOSErikers

No 49 |
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Tenants evacuated from 85 Bowery + Lieutenant Governor primer

No 48 |
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City Agrees to Divest From Fossil Fuels + NYC Rent Laws

No 47 |
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de Blasio Begins Second Term & Cuomo’s 2018 State of the State

No 46 |
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Corey Johnson Likely Next City Council Speaker + Compromised Right to Know Act Bill Passes

No 45 |
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Right to Know Act Under Attack + Marty Golden’s Driving Menaces Brooklyn

No 44 |
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Council Speaker Candidates Court Joe Crowley’s Support

No 43 |
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Cuomo Reaches Flimsy IDC Deal + Rally Against ICE in NY Courts

No 42 |
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The Bedford Union Armory Deal + Response

No 41 |
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2017 Worst Landlords List + Council Member Crowley Concedes

No 40 |
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Citywide Election Results + NYC Voter Turnout

No 39 |
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The NYC General Election is Tuesday, November 7th + Billionaire Shuts Down DNAinfo and Gothamist

No 38 |
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De Blasio’s Bad Week + 2017 Ballot Preview

No 37 |
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District Attorney donations fallout spreads to Brooklyn + Constitutional Convention

No 36 |
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Cy Vance facing write-in challenge + Congestion Pricing

No 35 |
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Measuring Corporate Welfare for Amazon + The Race for City Council Speaker

No 34 |
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Cuomo To Face Primary Challenge + NY State Senate

No 33 |
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Jabari endorsed by Our Revolution + NYCHA problems

No 32 |
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De Blasio’s Continued Push for Bedford-Union Armory Proposal + Results of Key NYC Primary Races

No 31 |
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New York City Primary Elections are Tuesday, September 12th

No 30 |
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City Council Endorsements roll in + 1997 UPS Teamster Strike

No 29 |
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Brooklyn DA race is a toss up

No 28 |
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Cuomo Announces Support for Congestion Pricing + Democratic Mayoral Primary Rundown

No 27 |
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Squadron Leaves Voters in the Lurch + Brooklyn DA Race

No 26 |
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De Blasio Requests Matching Funds + Bedford-Union Armory Town Hall Recap

No 25 |
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MTA Woes Continue + Tips for Avoiding Competitive Elections!

No 24 |
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Greenfield Shakes Up City Council + Excelsior Scholarships

No 23 |
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Mayor Endorses Bedford-Union Armory Plan + Brooklyn District Attorney Forum this Thursday

No 22 |
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De Blasio clears the field + Who Controls the MTA?

No 21 |
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Bill de Blasio Confronted at Gym + New Brooklyn Branches

No 20 |
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MTA pandemonium + Jabari Brisport Interview

No 19 |
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Reining in Broken Windows + Bob Capano blasts DSA

No 18 |
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NYC Budget

No 17 |
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Fair Workweek + Khader El-Yateem Interview

No 16 |
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IDC in the Spotlight + Call for Writers

No 15 |
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Cumbo turns on the Bedford Union Armory + AT&T Strike!

No 14 |
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State Senate targets “gang violence” + Rent Guidelines Board

No 13 |
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DSA Endorses El-Yateem for City Council + New York State Liberty Act

No 12 |
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MAY DAY! + Meet the Labor Branch

No 11 |
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Housing trouble + community boards

No 10 |
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State Budget Woes + City Council Progressive Caucus

No 9 |
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IDNYC records protected from ICE + Single-payer in NY state

No 8 |
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State budget stalled + WTF IDC

No 7 |
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Participatory Budgeting week + Everybody hates the Bedford Armory deal

No 6 |
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El-Yateem takes the lead + the ride sharing problem

No 5 |
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Housing Authority budget cuts + Competitors for Cumbo

No 4 |
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City Council campaigns launch while the BQX streetcar faces resistance.

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Housing Preservations & Development

No 2 |
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