With candidates on the ballot for legislative seats, the Green Party hopes to make a dent in the dominance of two parties with which voters are increasingly disenchanted.
In the most expensive election in U.S. history, with the fate of the presidency possibly hinging on a few counties in Ohio, the Bronx is pretty far from the action.…
With power out and much of the transit system shuttered, groups of cyclists teamed up to ensure a safe rider for New Yorkers trying to find a way to get…
News reports have focused on Hurricane Sandy’s devastation in New Jersey and Breezy Point. But from Coney Island to Brighton Beach to Sheepshead Bay, Brooklynites are struggling with the storm’s…
A report on civic engagement found that Borough Park’s residents donate the most to charity, East Flatbush is tops when it comes to voting and East New York has 311…
Corruption, cronyism—much was wrong with old-fashioned machine politics. But compared to today’s campaigns of sound-bites and surveys, yesterday’s ward heelers fused genuine relationships between politics and people’s lives.
At a new committee created just to review a wave of applications for liquor permits, Crown Heights residents and business owners square off in tense negotiations over closing times.
How do you get today’s high school students engaged in American democracy? One Brooklyn high school math teacher is campaigning to improve civic participation by turning pupils into pollsters.
Neighbors of the M35’s 125th Street stop are frustrated by garbage and bad behavior they blame on men who use the bus to get to and from Ward’s Island. The…
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