Smalls says she’d focus on transit, housing and voting reform if she prevails in the February 26 special election for public advocate.
GOVERNMENT
Max & Murphy: Why it’s Worth Talking About Whether Andrew Cuomo Might Run for President
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We tend to get our presidential candidates fully grown and painted in the broadest strokes. But when we examine a politician we have seen for years in granular detail, it requires us to decide what we think it takes to run for president.
GOVERNMENT
Max & Murphy: Rafael Espinal, Candidate for Public Advocate
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At midnight on January 1, a ball dropped in Manhattan, former Public Advocate Letitia James became the state attorney general, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson became the acting public advocate, and a race to fill James’ seat that had been stewing for months came to a boil.
Agenda 2019
Video: A New State Senator Sizes Up the Task in Albany
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Jessica Ramos will be one of 15 rookie State Senators joining a 40-member Democratic majority in charge of the upper house of the state legislature for the first time in a decade.
Max & Murphy: Our Obligatory (Yet Truly Entertaining) Year-in-Review Show!
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What were the truly transformative stories of 2018, and why did they matter? What are the stories really worth watching in 2019? Ben Max and Jarrett Murphy give their two cents.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Stringer on Albany Pay Raise, Housing Plan; Hochul on Cuomo’s Agenda
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The comptroller said he didn’t want to be a ‘rubber stamp’ for the legislature.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: The Prospects and Pitfalls for Single-Payer Healthcare in New York
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The Senate sponsor of the New York Health Act and a critic from a conservative think tank size break down the rationale for the bill and the risks it faces.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Albany Advocates Prefer a Recipe of Political Reforms to a Menu
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Advocates have a long wish list for changes to campaign rules and voting practices that, they say, are more than the sum of their parts.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: The City’s Homelessness Crisis and the Mayor’s Housing Plan
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A top homelessness policy advocate and the city’s chief affordable-housing development official discuss the pros and cons of the de Blasio housing plan.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Is 2019 the Year NYC Fixes its Transit Mess?
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A decade after it died without a vote in Albany, congestion pricing is likely to become reality in New York City in 2019. It will be both a milestone and a first step.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Soon-to-be Senate Leader Stewart-Cousins is Cautious on Agenda
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The leader of Senate Democrats, who will enjoy a solid majority come January, says she has avoided getting into specifics about what the conference will accomplish in its first months in power.