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City Limits, Gotham Gazette and WNYC have collaborated on a new guide to the candidates running for mayor, City Council and more. Learn who they are and what they advocate.

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Aug 2017

Government Podcasts

Max & Murphy Talk With Public Advocate Hopeful David Eisenbach

David Eisenbach, who is challenging Letitia James for the Democratic nomination for public advocate, discusses the statue of Columbus, Rikers Island, affordable housing, his shared byline with Larry Flynt and…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Aug 2017

Government

De Blasio Forced to Play Tenacious D in First Mayoral Debate

Challenger Sal Albanese and the debate format had the mayor on the defensive all night. He didn’t make mistakes or get much chance to talk about what he would do…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Aug 2017

Government Podcasts

Debate Day! Max & Murphy Preview Albanese v. De Blasio

What do the mayor and his chief Democratic challenger hope to do in their first debate? What will voters get out of it?

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Aug 2017

Government

Harlem Race is a Test for Council’s Newest Incumbent

After a stint in the State Senate, Bill Perkins won back his old Council seat in a special election earlier this year. Now a crowded field will test whether he…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 4Comments

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Aug 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

Queens Council Candidates Talk Rezoning, Homelessness, Transportation

In total, fifteen Democrats and one Republican attended the event, which included some pointed back-and-forth.

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Aug 2017

Government

Housing Pressures Drive Bids to Oust Flatbush Councilmember

In neighborhoods like Flatbush/Midwood, Crown Heights/Prospect Heights, South Crown Heights/Lefferts Gardens, and East Flatbush—the community districts with which Council district 40 overlaps—about a third of households are severely rent burdened.

ByElizabeth Michaelson Monaghan 1Comment

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Aug 2017

Government Investigations

‘I am the Church. I am the State’: Diaz Sr. Faces Younger Voices in Bronx Primary

In the crowded race to represent Soundview and its environs in the City Council, the State Senator faces opponents who are lesser known and far more progressive.

ByLaShea Gallop

ByJonah Muhammad

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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Aug 2017

Uncategorized

Rich Person Solves Democracy for us, and Other Stories: Campaign Headlines for August 1

A check for a quarter mil was all it took to resolve an apparently intractable impasse between the mayor and Council.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jul 2017

Government

The 8th Council District: A River Runs Through It

Only two New City Council districts cross borough lines, and only the 8th district spanning Manhattan and the Bronx actually crosses a river—in this case, the Harlem River—to do so.…

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

New Voters’ Guide: Everything You Need to Know About the 2017 Primary

Max & Murphy Talk With Public Advocate Hopeful David Eisenbach

De Blasio Forced to Play Tenacious D in First Mayoral Debate

Debate Day! Max & Murphy Preview Albanese v. De Blasio

Harlem Race is a Test for Council’s Newest Incumbent

Queens Council Candidates Talk Rezoning, Homelessness, Transportation

Housing Pressures Drive Bids to Oust Flatbush Councilmember

‘I am the Church. I am the State’: Diaz Sr. Faces Younger Voices in Bronx Primary

Rich Person Solves Democracy for us, and Other Stories: Campaign Headlines for August 1

The 8th Council District: A River Runs Through It

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