Archive
De Blasio introduces austerity budget + Yang enters the mayoral race
No 201 |
January 18, 2021
Cuomo, De Blasio trade blame for vaccination rollout + Celebrating 200 Issues
No 200 |
January 11, 2021
NYS Eviction Moratorium In-Depth + The Thorn Reader Survey
No 199 |
January 04, 2021
Jail Population Increases Despite Reforms + Mayoral Race Takes Shape
No 198 |
December 28, 2020
Damning City Report on NYPD + Heastie Resists Rent Relief
No 197 |
December 21, 2020
Cuomo Floats Raising Taxes + Mayoral Race Gets Crowded
No 196 |
December 14, 2020
Assembly Member-Elect Forrest: “Tax The Rich to Fund NY’s Recovery” + State Dems Bolster Supermajority
No 195 |
December 07, 2020
State Senate Dems Secure Supermajority + WFP Announces City Council Endorsements
No 194 |
November 30, 2020
NYC Schools Close + NY State Dems Continue Electoral Wins
No 193 |
November 23, 2020
NYC-DSA Announces City Council Slate + City Fears Second COVID-19 Spike
No 192 |
November 16, 2020
NYC-DSA slate members sweep their races + Working Families Party retains ballot access
No 191 |
November 09, 2020
The Election Is Tomorrow
No 190 |
November 02, 2020
COVID Rates Are Low in Schools but Spiking in Prisons + Menchaca Enters Mayoral Race
No 189 |
October 26, 2020
New Push to Tax NY’s Rich + Billionaire Trying to Prevent Democratic Supermajority
No 188 |
October 19, 2020
Protests in Borough Park + Menchaca, Wiley Eye Mayoral Runs
No 187 |
October 14, 2020
Gowanus Rezoning Process Starts in January + AM Mosley Challenging Souffrant Forrest in General Election
No 186 |
October 05, 2020
Gowanus Rezoning Process Starts in January + AM Mosley Challenging Souffrant Forrest in General Election
No 186 |
October 05, 2020
Industry City Developers Withdraw + Johnson Exits Mayoral Race
No 185 |
September 28, 2020
City Delays In-Person Learning + WFP Fights for Ballot Line
No 184 |
September 21, 2020
NYPD Turns Violent at BLM Protest + Comptroller Stringer Announces Mayoral Bid
No 183 |
September 14, 2020
School Opening Delayed + State AG Empanels Grand Jury in Prude Case
No 182 |
September 11, 2020
Teachers Prepare for Strike + City Council Backtracks on Chokeholds
No 181 |
August 31, 2020
Industry City Plan Moves Closer to Approval + Absentees for All in November
No 180 |
August 24, 2020
Johnson Slashes Funding where Council Members Voted against Budget
No 179 |
August 17, 2020
Council Split over Industry City Rezoning + Brooklyn Census Responses Lag
No 178 |
August 10, 2020
Tenants Face Mass Evictions + Teachers Threaten Sick-Out to Protest School Reopening
No 177 |
August 03, 2020
DSA Sweeps State Legislative Races
No 176 |
July 27, 2020
Marcela Mitaynes Wins!
No 175 |
July 20, 2020
Myrie Proposes Bill to Halt Evictions + BOE Starts Counting Absentee Ballots
No 174 |
July 13, 2020
Tentatively Great Election for DSA and NYC Left + City Hall Park Occupied
No 172 |
July 06, 2020
De Blasio & Johnson Fund the Police + Absentee Ballots Delayed
No 173 |
July 06, 2020
Primary Elections Roundup + RGB passes rent freeze
No 172 |
June 22, 2020
50-A Repealed + Myrie Pushes to Outlaw Geofence Warrants
No 170 |
June 15, 2020
Protests Continue Despite Police Violence, Curfew + Progressives Unite Against Eliot Engel
No 169 |
June 08, 2020
Police Violence Escalates + Bernie Endorses Jabari
No 168 |
June 01, 2020
Calls to Cut NYPD Budget + Presidential Primary Survives Court Appeal
No 167 |
May 25, 2020
Subway Closures Overwhelm Shelters + Marcela Mitaynes Interview
No 166 |
May 18, 2020
Eviction Moratorium Extended with Limitations + Jabari Brisport Interview
No 165 |
May 11, 2020
May Day Rent Strike + Phara Souffrant Forrest Interview
No 164 |
May 04, 2020
Housing Justice for All Calls for Rent Strike + WFP Endorses Samelys López
No 162 |
April 20, 2020
The Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 + Cuomo and de Blasio Spar Over School Closures
No 161 |
April 13, 2020
Cuomo Imposes Budget Catastrophe as Covid-19 Crisis Continues
No 160 |
April 06, 2020
Cuomo Silent on Rent Cancellation Bill + Presidential Primary Postponed to June 23
No 159 |
March 30, 2020
Cuomo Announces Stay-At-Home Order, Backs Plan to Cut Medicaid
No 158 |
March 23, 2020
NYC Schools Closed + Petition Requirements Reduced
No 157 |
March 16, 2020
Cuomo Declares State of Emergency + WFP NY State Endorsements
No 156 |
March 09, 2020
Evictions Down in NYC + Bronx Democratic Chair Not Running for Re-election
No 155 |
March 03, 2020
AOC Endorses Samelys Lopez + Boris Santos Suspends Campaign For Assembly
No 154 |
February 24, 2020
Broker’s Fees Hang On (For Now) + de Blasio Endorses Bernie
No 153 |
February 17, 2020
Brokers Fees Banned + Good Cause Eviction Moves Forward
No 152 |
February 10, 2020
Fare-Evasion Enforcement Data Shows Racial Disparities + New Wave of NYC Bernie Endorsements
No 151 |
February 03, 2020
MTA Transit Chief Resigns + Council Member Espinal Resigns
No 150 |
January 27, 2020
Taxi Driver Bailout Proposal + Bushwick Rezoning Stalls
No 149 |
January 21, 2020
Cuomo Delivers State of the State Address + Tremaine Wright Announced State Senate Run
No 148 |
January 13, 2020
New City Policies to Fight Homelessness + WFP Makes Local Endorsements
No 146 |
December 23, 2019
McKinsey Covers Up Rikers Violence + More NYC-DSA Endorsements
No 145 |
December 16, 2019
AOC Takes Victory Lap on Amazon + More State Senate Republicans to Retire
No 144 |
December 09, 2019
Public Finance Commission Results + Evictions Drop After New Rent Laws
No 143 |
December 06, 2019
NYPD Subway Crackdown Continues + Council Staffers Launch Union Drive
No 142 |
November 25, 2019
City Council Staff Considers Unionization + Bloomberg Apologizes for Stop and Frisk
No 141 |
November 18, 2019
Election Day Results + NYPD Commissioner Resigns
No 140 |
November 11, 2019
Councilman Andy King Suspended + Ballot Measure Explainer Part 3
No 139 |
November 04, 2019
Cuomo Wants to “Destroy” the WFP + Ballot Measure Explainer Part 2
No 138 |
October 28, 2019
City Council approves plan to replace Rikers + Ranked Choice Voting In-Depth
No 137 |
October 21, 2019
WBAI Restored + DSA-endorsed Boris Santos Thinks “We Should Eradicate Private Property”
No 136 |
October 14, 2019
NYC-DSA Makes Four Endorsements + Cuomo Extends Party Affiliation Deadline
No 134 |
October 01, 2019
Thousands March in Climate Strike + AOC Will Face Primary Challenger
No 133 |
September 24, 2019
MTA Adding 500 More Cops + Fusion Voting & Public Campaign Financing Debated
No 132 |
September 16, 2019
Con Ed Feels the Heat + Cuomo Proposes Primary Day Shift
No 131 |
September 10, 2019
NYPD Officers Who Raped Brooklyn Teen Get Probation + Panel Recommends Eliminating Gifted & Talented Programs
No 130 |
September 01, 2019
Pantaleo is fired + Public Campaign Finance Commission meets
No 129 |
August 26, 2019
Hotel Trades Council Spies on NYC-DSA + Next Steps for Queens
No 128 |
August 19, 2019
Tiffany Cabán Concedes + 2021 Mayoral Candidates Declare
No 127 |
August 12, 2019
Judge Rules Pantaleo Should Be Fired + Cabán Legal Challenge Continues
No 126 |
August 05, 2019
Public Power Campaign is Electrifying + 2021 Manhattan DA Race Heats Up
No 125 |
July 30, 2019
DOJ Declines to Indict Cop Who Killed Eric Garner; Heat Wave Stresses City Resources
No 124 |
July 22, 2019
President of 32BJ Dies + Solitary Confinement Updates
No 123 |
July 15, 2019
Katz Takes Narrow Lead in Queens DA Election, Race Heads To Recount
No 122 |
July 08, 2019
Katz Takes Narrow Lead in Queens DA Election, Race Heads To Recount
No 122 |
July 08, 2019
Tiffany Cabán Declares Victory in Queens DA Primary, Katz Pushes for Recount
No 121 |
July 01, 2019
NY Times, Sanders and Warren Endorse Cabán + Meet the Judicial Candidates
No 120 |
June 24, 2019
Rent Control Victory + Judicial Elections Explainer
No 119 |
June 17, 2019
Senate Democrats Announce Agreement on Rent Laws + DecrimNY Bill to be Introduced
No 118 |
June 10, 2019
Studying Racial Impact in Rezonings + Queens DA Race Donations
No 117 |
June 03, 2019
Predatory Lending Ruins Taxi Drivers + AOC Endorses Cabán
No 116 |
May 27, 2019
Housing Justice for All Gains Support + De Blasio Covers Up Car Crash
No 115 |
May 20, 2019
Drivers on Strike + Get Your Thorn Trivia Night tickets!
No 114 |
May 13, 2019
Rent Regulation Battle Heating Up + Queens DA Brown Dies
No 113 |
May 06, 2019
Albany Fights Over Rent Control + The Secret Lists of Lying Cops
No 112 |
April 29, 2019
Climate Mobilization Act Passes + Jumaane endorses in District 45
No 111 |
April 22, 2019
Housing Justice for All Ramps Up + Queens DA Special Election
No 110 |
April 15, 2019
State Budget Woes + A New Deputy Mayor
No 109 |
April 08, 2019
The NYC Thorn, Sponsored by REBNY: Cuomo Beats Back Socialist Scourge in Budget
No 108 |
April 01, 2019
$25 billion Hudson Yards Opens + What Do Borough Presidents Do?
No 107 |
March 25, 2019
Meeks Replaces Crowley + Sex Work Decrim in the Queens DA Race
No 106 |
March 18, 2019
Corey Johnson’s Transit Vision & Budget Trouble in Albany
No 105 |
March 11, 2019
Cuomo’s Backroom Convos + Jumaane Williams is Public Advocate
No 104 |
March 04, 2019
Public Advocate Special Election Tomorrow + Andrew Cuomo Is Sad
No 103 |
February 25, 2019
Grassroots Opposition Defeats Amazon
No 102 |
February 19, 2019
Cuomo and de Blasio Agree on Dire Budget Warnings & NYC-DSA Endorses Tiffany Cabán for Queens DA
No 101 |
February 11, 2019
Power restored at MDC after days without heat, lighting + Our 100th Issue!
No 100 |
February 04, 2019
RHA, CCCA, Boss Bill, DREAM Act passed + State Budget Process Overview
No 99 |
January 28, 2019
State of the State
No 98 |
January 21, 2019
Electoral Reform in Albany + The Queens DA Race
No 97 |
January 14, 2019
Cuomo’s L Train Adventures + 2019 Elections
No 96 |
January 07, 2019
Cuomo’s Progressive Plans + Alicia Glen Resigns
No 95 |
December 24, 2018
The Fight Against Amazon Continues + Cash Bail Reform
No 94 |
December 17, 2018
A Tough Fight Against Amazon + NYC-DSA - A Political Force
No 93 |
December 10, 2018
Cuomo Meets Trump + 2019 Legislative Agenda Takes Shape
No 92 |
December 03, 2018
NYCHA Privatization + NYC-DSA Public Advocate Forum on Tuesday
No 91 |
November 26, 2018
Cuomo & De Blasio Give Amazon Billions to Settle in Long Island City
No 90 |
November 19, 2018
Democrats take State Senate + Reactions to Amazon
No 89 |
November 12, 2018
ELECTION TOMORROW + “FLIP YOUR BALLOT” PROPOSALS
No 88 |
November 05, 2018
2019 Races Get Underway + Fusion Balloting
No 87 |
October 29, 2018
The Rise and Fall of De Blasio & NY Health Act Gains Momentum
No 86 |
October 22, 2018
Cuomo Keeps it Divisive & Former IDC Members Contemplate Their Futures
No 85 |
October 15, 2018
Kavanaugh Protests + Cuomo Accepts WFP Endorsement
No 84 |
October 08, 2018
Stringer Fumbles Key Housing Data + Lancman Announces DA Run
No 83 |
October 01, 2018
Post-Primary Jockeying on Rent Control, Congestion Pricing + Salazar and Nixon Retrospectives
No 82 |
September 24, 2018
Julia Salazar Wins + Voter Turnout Stats
No 81 |
September 17, 2018
PRIMARY THIS THURSDAY
No 80 |
September 10, 2018
Nixon Debates Cuomo + The Village Voice Shuts Down
No 79 |
September 03, 2018
New York Health Act Implications & Attorney General Debate
No 78 |
August 27, 2018
NYC institutes a cap on ride-hailing vehicles + WFP and CWA endorse Julia Salazar
No 76 |
August 13, 2018
New York Health Act Financially Sound + Jumaane’s Challenge Leaves Hochul Shook
No 75 |
August 06, 2018
Layoffs at New York Daily News + NYC DSA Endorses Nixon, Williams
No 74 |
July 30, 2018
Campaign Finance Disclosures Week
No 73 |
July 23, 2018
Another Cuomo Crony Found Guilty + Petitioning Period Ends
No 72 |
July 16, 2018
Julia Salazar gets Cynthia Nixon’s endorsement
No 71 |
July 09, 2018
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wins!
No 70 |
July 02, 2018
Ocasio-Cortez debates Crowley + NYCHA Mismanagement
No 68 |
June 18, 2018
Outrage Over Pablo Villavicencio’s Detention + Specialized High School Reform Stalled
No 67 |
June 11, 2018
City Nearing Billion Dollar NYCHA Settlement + Electoral/Housing
No 66 |
June 04, 2018
New MTA Action Plan + NY State Democratic Convention
No 65 |
May 28, 2018
State AG Race In Full Swing + How New York Pols Are Replaced
No 64 |
May 21, 2018
Sheldon Silver Convicted Again + Schneiderman Resigns
No 64 |
May 14, 2018
NYC-DSA endorses Julia Salazar + NYC schools strike and occupy
No 63 |
May 07, 2018
2019 City Budget Proposal + NYC-DSA endorses Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
No 62 |
April 30, 2018
Voting Rights Restored + Return of the Rent Guidelines Board
No 61 |
April 23, 2018
Working Families Party Endorses Nixon, NYCHA Chair Resigns
No 60 |
April 16, 2018
IDC & Cuomo Broker Reunification Deal + NYC’s Solidarity Economy
No 59 |
April 09, 2018
State Budget Passes + The Fight For Union Labor at Hudson Yards
No 58 |
April 02, 2018
Nixon Enters Governor Race + NYC Schools Chancellor
No 57 |
March 26, 2018
Cuomo visits NYCHA + How Private Developers Acquire Public Land
No 56 |
March 19, 2018
NYPD Corruption + Solitary Confinement in NY
No 55 |
March 12, 2018
School Chancellor Confusion + WFP Vs. IDC
No 54 |
March 05, 2018
NYC union workers rally ahead of Janus + The State of NYC’s Fossil Fuel Divestment
No 53 |
February 26, 2018
Rikers-Replacing Jail Sites Announced + Jumaane Williams’ Lt. Gov Campaign is Official
No 52 |
February 19, 2018
NYCHA Chair Testifies on Heating Failures + April 24 Special Elections
No 51 |
February 12, 2018
De Blasio Releases Budget Proposal + Cuomo Schedules Special Election
No 50 |
February 05, 2018
NYCHA Leasing Land to Developers + CLOSErikers
No 49 |
January 29, 2018
Tenants evacuated from 85 Bowery + Lieutenant Governor primer
No 48 |
January 22, 2018
City Agrees to Divest From Fossil Fuels + NYC Rent Laws
No 47 |
January 15, 2018
de Blasio Begins Second Term & Cuomo’s 2018 State of the State
No 46 |
January 08, 2018
Corey Johnson Likely Next City Council Speaker + Compromised Right to Know Act Bill Passes
No 45 |
December 25, 2017
Right to Know Act Under Attack + Marty Golden’s Driving Menaces Brooklyn
No 44 |
December 18, 2017
Council Speaker Candidates Court Joe Crowley’s Support
No 43 |
December 11, 2017
Cuomo Reaches Flimsy IDC Deal + Rally Against ICE in NY Courts
No 42 |
December 04, 2017
The Bedford Union Armory Deal + Response
No 41 |
November 27, 2017
2017 Worst Landlords List + Council Member Crowley Concedes
No 40 |
November 20, 2017
Citywide Election Results + NYC Voter Turnout
No 39 |
November 13, 2017
The NYC General Election is Tuesday, November 7th + Billionaire Shuts Down DNAinfo and Gothamist
No 38 |
November 06, 2017
De Blasio’s Bad Week + 2017 Ballot Preview
No 37 |
October 30, 2017
District Attorney donations fallout spreads to Brooklyn + Constitutional Convention
No 36 |
October 23, 2017
Cy Vance facing write-in challenge + Congestion Pricing
No 35 |
October 16, 2017
Measuring Corporate Welfare for Amazon + The Race for City Council Speaker
No 34 |
October 09, 2017
Cuomo To Face Primary Challenge + NY State Senate
No 33 |
October 02, 2017
Jabari endorsed by Our Revolution + NYCHA problems
No 32 |
September 25, 2017
De Blasio’s Continued Push for Bedford-Union Armory Proposal + Results of Key NYC Primary Races
No 31 |
September 18, 2017
New York City Primary Elections are Tuesday, September 12th
No 30 |
September 11, 2017
City Council Endorsements roll in + 1997 UPS Teamster Strike
No 29 |
September 04, 2017
Brooklyn DA race is a toss up
No 28 |
August 28, 2017
Cuomo Announces Support for Congestion Pricing + Democratic Mayoral Primary Rundown
No 27 |
August 21, 2017
Squadron Leaves Voters in the Lurch + Brooklyn DA Race
No 26 |
August 14, 2017
De Blasio Requests Matching Funds + Bedford-Union Armory Town Hall Recap
No 25 |
August 07, 2017
MTA Woes Continue + Tips for Avoiding Competitive Elections!
No 24 |
July 31, 2017
Greenfield Shakes Up City Council + Excelsior Scholarships
No 23 |
July 24, 2017
De Blasio clears the field + Who Controls the MTA?
No 21 |
July 10, 2017
Bill de Blasio Confronted at Gym + New Brooklyn Branches
No 20 |
July 03, 2017
MTA pandemonium + Jabari Brisport Interview
No 19 |
June 26, 2017
Reining in Broken Windows + Bob Capano blasts DSA
No 18 |
June 19, 2017
NYC Budget
No 17 |
June 12, 2017
Fair Workweek + Khader El-Yateem Interview
No 16 |
June 05, 2017
IDC in the Spotlight + Call for Writers
No 15 |
May 29, 2017
Cumbo turns on the Bedford Union Armory + AT&T Strike!
No 14 |
May 22, 2017
State Senate targets “gang violence” + Rent Guidelines Board
No 13 |
May 15, 2017
DSA Endorses El-Yateem for City Council + New York State Liberty Act
No 12 |
May 08, 2017
MAY DAY! + Meet the Labor Branch
No 11 |
May 01, 2017
Housing trouble + community boards
No 10 |
April 24, 2017
State Budget Woes + City Council Progressive Caucus
No 9 |
April 17, 2017
IDNYC records protected from ICE + Single-payer in NY state
No 8 |
April 10, 2017
State budget stalled + WTF IDC
No 7 |
April 03, 2017
Participatory Budgeting week + Everybody hates the Bedford Armory deal
No 6 |
March 27, 2017
El-Yateem takes the lead + the ride sharing problem
No 5 |
March 20, 2017
Housing Authority budget cuts + Competitors for Cumbo
No 4 |
March 13, 2017
City Council campaigns launch while the BQX streetcar faces resistance.
No 3 |
March 06, 2017
Housing Preservations & Development
No 2 |
February 27, 2017
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