While praising many aspects of the de Blasio administration’s approach to cleaning up the city’s polluted waterways, 20 City Councilmembers tell the mayor they represent ‘ groups and constituents who…
The former City Councilmember and former de Blasio administration member discuss their efforts to unseat incumbent State Senators who are members of the IDC, whether they’ll refuse anyone’s donations and…
The Brooklyn Councilmember discusses his run for statewide office, his critique of Gov. Cuomo, his record on reproductive rights and marriage equality, and the state of the Council’s progressive caucus.
As it ponders declaring a state of emergency at the city’s Housing Authority, the Cuomo administration is pointing to the fact that NYCHA gets ‘significant’ state aid. Well, duh.
CUNY Professor John Mollenkopf, a student of New York City mayors since John Lindsay, says the mayor’s state of the city was on target in diagnosing serious shortcomings in local…
Bill de Blasio’s state of the city address didn’t drop any novel ideas on NYCHA, homelessness, education, jobs or other big-ticket items. The mayor instead focused new energy on making…
A review of the mayor’s four previous annual addresses finds ideas that lived and others that died, common themes and changes of emphasis. Watch videos and read transcripts!