With a wide gap in the poll numbers and little opportunity to debate, policy—and especially urban policy—didn’t receive much attention during the 2014 campaign. Will that change now that the…
On Election Day, 21 of 63 legislative races in New York City were one candidate affairs. A Gotham Gazette-City Limits project looks at why it happens and how it impacts…
If your state senator or assemblymember is running unopposed next week, there’s no one to raise questions about their performance. So you’ll have to check into it yourself.
State Sen. Ruben Diaz, Sr., a Democrat, faces no Republican opposition in his re-election campaign—because he’s the Republican candidate, too. Does that reflect his constituents’ sentiment, or deny them a…
Watch the latest episode of “Straight Up,” the Brooklyn Independent Media reporters’ roundtable that trades studio seats for bar stools. This month, Capital New York’s Azi Paybarah and Ben Max…
Angel Molina, a registered Democrat, doesn’t talk much about the Republican nomination that has allowed him to challenge Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo. What he does talk about are Arroyo’s alleged lapses…
If they aren’t deported, the children who’ve come across the border in a recent surge will live here under one of several legal statuses, each offering advantages and complications to…
