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As HUD secretary in the 1990s, Andrew Cuomo approved the demolition of tens of thousands of public-housing units around the country. Results for tenants were mixed.
Why did the Working Families Party endorse Cynthia Nixon early? And what will their backing, and the governor’s anger over it, mean for Nixon, the campaign and the party itself?
Special elections are bound to draw relatively few voters because they occur in isolation and at odd times of year, but the mechanics of New York State’s special elections are particularly clunky.
Susan Lerner of Common Cause says next week’s special elections will reflect some of the deep flaws in the state’s political system. But she feels the momentum for change is growing.
A special election on April 24 will determine who fills New York’s 11 vacant legislative seats, including two in the Bronx: one in the 32nd State Senate District and the other in the Assembly District 80.
District 74 covers most of the Lower East Side, the East Village, Gramercy Park, Murray Hill and some of Midtown East. The preceding assemblyman, Brian Kavanagh, left office to take a seat in the State Senate.
A former reporter talks about his run for state senate. A current journalist talks about the Independent Democratic Conference. And we sit and listen.
Max & Murphy take their show on the road to hear the Dutchess County executive announce his bid for governor.
The first lady, who is heavily involved in the multi-faceted effort to improve mental-healthcare in New York, says she has put running for office herself ‘on the list’ of potential next acts.
The Bronx Democrat has broken with the country organization more than once. But he is still in line for a promotion to the legislature’s upper house come April.
