How ambitious will the wave of reform in Albany be when Democrats take full control of state government and start to address a long list of campaign-finance, voting and ethics reforms?
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Video: How Criminal Justice Reform Looks from Brooklyn’s Courtrooms
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Are defendants in Brooklyn getting a fairer shake thanks to the reforms already undertaken?
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Video: Brooklyn’s Role in the ’18 Vote & What the Results Mean for the Boro
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Kings County was center stage on Election Night 2018, helping to flip the State Senate and the U.S. House blue. What drove the electoral shift behind those results, and what will their impact be on the borough? We asked two veteran journalists.
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One Last Look & Listen: Audio and Video of Key 2018 Candidates
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Still making up your mind about whom to vote for? Want to check your choice one last time? Here’s a quick menu of audio and video resources on many of the candidates for state office.
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Video: Gounardes Feels the Blue Energy in Bid to Unseat Brooklyn’s Lone GOP Senator
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Gounardes has run a fairly progressive race—supporting congestion pricing, LGBTQ rights, reproductive freedom, new investment in parks and reforms like early voting.
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CityViews on Camera: Upstate Cities Need Attention During Campaign ’18
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City Limits invited readers to go on camera and explain why the most important issue to them in this election year should matter to us, too. Ocesa Keaton of Syracuse took us up on the offer.
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Video: Marty Golden on Speed Cameras, Climate Change, Rent Control, Donald Trump and his Run for Re-election
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Golden, a highly decorated police officer who then served in the City Council before being elected to Albany in 2002, is a member of an endangered species: an elected Republican from New York City.
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Video: State Senate Candidate Myrie Makes His Closing Argument
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The race for the Democratic nomination for the 20th state Senate district is one of the most closely watched contests in the September 13 primary.
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Video: A Voice from Brooklyn’s Democratic Left Sizes Up Salazar-v-Dilan
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Watch as Nick Rizzo, the Democratic district leader who first approach Julia Salazar about challenging Sen. Martin Dilan, addresses questions that have emerged about her background and assesses the prospects for Salazar and other insurgents on September 13.
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Video: Martin Dilan Defends His Record as Hit Pieces Swirl Around Senate Race
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On a day when news broke about his opponent’s 2011 arrest and her belief that there were suspicions she had an affair with a former pro ballplayer, the Brooklyn state senator faced questions of his own about ties to real estate.
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Video: Why People are Protesting the Inwood Rezoning
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Two days before the final City Council vote, hundreds rallied against the plan and several submitted to arrest. What is their argument against the plan that the mayor proposes and the Council looks likely to approve?