Gotham Gazette’s Ben Max and City Limits’ Jarrett Murphy identify the Election-Night storylines that will matter for New York City, from the presidential race to the battle for control of Congress to the fight over the State Senate.
Stop and frisk in the city isn’t over. But you might not know it if you watched national headlines last week.
Newcomers in Chinatown have convinced themselves that the xenophobia stoked by the Republican nominee will distinguish between documented and undocumented immigrants. They are, the author writes, tragically mistaken.
His hateful rhetoric hasn’t turned off these voters, who are profoundly worried about undocumented immigrants, national security and Hillary Clinton.
Rudy Giuliani isn’t the only old favorite being showcased at the convention in Cleveland.
Thirty-one years ago today, demonstrators furious over generous subsidies to luxury developers descended on a gleaming poster-child for corporate welfare—the flagship property of the man now poised to be the Republican nominee for president.
Three Brooklyn journalists talk about what drove the Trump and Clinton victories, what we learned about our voting system and what happens next.
Former Congressman Anthony Weiner told our primary preview event that the likely outcome of the presidential race is the “destruction of a once great party.” But political scientist Christina Greer notes the Trump phenomenon’s fearsome potential. Watch the clips.
When the voting is done in New York next Tuesday night, campaigns, analysts, donors and others will be looking at way more than the results of the horse-race in either party.
How could a reasonable person support Donald Trump, you ask? Here’s your answer. SEE THE VIDEO.
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