A former member of the Independent Democratic Conference faces a one-time aide to Mayor de Blasio in one of the tightly contested September 13 primary races.
Sen. Martin Dilan and challenger Julia Salazar seem to agree on one thing: Their primary contest is about his status as a 16-year veteran of Albany and hers as a new face in politics. The disagreement is about what that all means.
‘Too often, as we all know too well, Albany is a world unto itself, closed to outsiders, cut off from the public eye, prone to ugly backroom dealing and corrupted outcomes. ‘
Many of the races involving a primary challenge to a former member of the Independent Democratic Conference feature political newcomers. Not so in the 11th district in Queens
State Sen. Marisol Alcantara and former Councilmember Robert Jackson joined the show to discuss their competing cases to primary voters in Northern Manhattan and the West Side.
Little separates the two candidates except that fact that one pledged not to join the Independent Democratic Conference and the other did. So, how important is that fact?
The discussion was about her very progressive menu of policy ideas, from rent stabilization for all to single-payer healthcare to non-citizen voting.
Howie Hawkins is running for the highest office in the state for a third time.
New York’s Republicans know the face they want to show to voters in November, while the state’s Democrats are going to spend the next 111 days figuring out who they are.
With an interesting gubernatorial race, a mad scramble to replace Eric Schneiderman as attorney general, and control of the state senate and midterm Congressional elections on the docket this year, what role will Mike Long play?
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