Max & Murphy: Rookie Sen. Biaggi on Early Progress, Looming Tests for Albany Dems
Jarrett Murphy |
Will a looming budget crunch slow down the Empire State’s progressive wave?
Government
Get Your Public Advocate Special Election Voters’ Guide!
Jarrett Murphy |
Do your homework on the 16 candidates running in the February 26 election to be the No. 2 citywide official.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Benjamin Yee and Jared Rich Offer Distinct ‘Outsider’ Choices for Public Advocate
Jarrett Murphy |
There’s ‘outside’ as in out the parking lot, and then there’s ‘outside’ like outside in the woods next to the highway.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Nomiki Konst Wants to Change the Role of NYC’s Public Advocate
Jarrett Murphy |
Job No. 1, the journalist and activist says, would be to take the public advocate out of the mayoral line of succession.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: As Public Advocate, Ron Kim Would Lead Aggressive Assault on Student Debt
Jarrett Murphy |
The Queens Assemblymember would ask Washington to forgive student debt, or transfer it to cities and states to administer. Barring that, he’d move to seize it using eminent domain.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Smalls Brings White House Experience to Public Advocate Race
Jarrett Murphy |
Smalls says she’d focus on transit, housing and voting reform if she prevails in the February 26 special election for public advocate.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: O’Donnell Points to Amazon Stance in Bid for Public Advocate
Jarrett Murphy |
The veteran lawmaker says the HQ2 deal presents precisely the kind of issue where a public advocate’s voice can be critical. And he argues that he’s been clearer on that issue than others in the race.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: Bronx’s Blake Says NYC Needs a ‘Coalition Builder’ for Public Advocate
Jarrett Murphy |
Now in his third term in the Assembly, the former Obama campaign official hopes to continue a rapid rise with a victory on February 26.
City Hall
Max & Murphy: Today is the First Day of the Rest of Bill De Blasio’s Mayoralty
Jarrett Murphy |
‘I think the mayor really is a policy and politics wonk and he thinks he has something to contribute to a national conversation.’
eric ulrich
Max & Murphy: Council Republican Takes a Shot in Non-Partisan Race for Public Advocate
Jarrett Murphy |
Eric Ulrich presents himself as Republican enough to challenge the power of the mayor as public advocate, but not so Republican that any voters should think he’s part of President Trump’s wing of the party.
