Governor Kathy Hochul with Rep. Carolyn Maloney (right) on the Upper East Side on Election Day. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Manhattan’s Blue Tsunami Early in the morning on Election Day, Governor Kathy Hochul addressed what was shaping up to be a competitive race between... News 10 Nov 2022 | 04:17
Rep. Jerrold Nadler, after his primary win in August. Photo via Nadler’s Twitter Midterm Election Races To Watch After a long summer with not one, but two primary elections, the November 8 midterm election is now around the corner. There... News 21 Oct 2022 | 02:59
Rep. Jerrold Nadler celebrated a landslide victory over Rep. Carolyn Maloney and attorney Suraj Patel. Photo via Nadler’s Twitter Easy Nadler Win Settles East-West Face-Off After an extra two months of campaigning, the contentious Democratic primary race in Manhattan’s newly-drawn 12th Congressional... News 26 Aug 2022 | 11:58
Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Jerrold Nadler and lawyer Suraj Patel, who are all vying for a seat in the newly drawn NY-12, faced off in a Tuesday night debate. Photo: Abigail Gruskin NY-12 Debate Reveals Similar Viewpoints, Different Personalities On Tuesday night, a trio of opposing personalities took the stage at CUNY’s Graduate Center for a televised debate between... News 04 Aug 2022 | 05:06
Incumbent State Senator Brad Hoylman has represented the current District 27 for nearly a decade. Photo courtesy of Brad Hoylman’s campaign Hoylman Campaigns In West Side District With New Lines — and a New Number State Senator Brad Hoylman, who’s represented parts of Chelsea, Midtown and the East Village for nearly a decade, is now... News 14 Jul 2022 | 02:53
NYS Assembly District 73 candidate Russell Squire (left), Rep. Jerrold Nadler (second from left), Governor Kathy Hochul (center), Rep. Carolyn Maloney (second from right) and District 76 Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright (right) on the campaign trail on the morning of the primary at East 86th Street and Second Avenue. Photo courtesy of Rebecca Seawright’s campaign Where Were the Voters? New York’s first of two summer primary elections drew to a close on Tuesday night, after a long — but extremely low-turnout... News 30 Jun 2022 | 05:46
Sign at a May protest in Foley Square after the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion on Roe v. Wade. Photo: Abigail Gruskin New York Politicians on the End of Roe v. Wade Americans across the country now face a very different world, following a Supreme Court decision on Friday morning that ends... News 24 Jun 2022 | 05:15
City Council members after passing FY 2023 budget. Photo via Gale A. Brewer on Twitter City Council Passes Record-High $101.1 Billion Budget Following a City Council vote that wrapped up late Monday evening — and a handshake agreement with Mayor Eric Adams only... News 16 Jun 2022 | 04:19
Elba Rose Galvan has been a lawyer for over 25 years. Photo courtesy of Galvan’s campaign The Race For Surrogate’s Court Amid high-profile bids — and battles — for power in New York congressional districts, a quieter race is unfolding in Manhattan,... News 08 Jun 2022 | 11:10
New congressional districts now split Manhattan north-south, as opposed to east-west. Photo from davesredistricting.org New Congressional Districts Pit Nadler Against Maloney Congressional races in the city shifted course drastically this week, after the release of new, contentious — and now final... News 23 May 2022 | 09:43
Tony Simone is running for NYS Assembly in District 75, which spans from Union Square through Chelsea to the southern region of Central Park. Photo courtesy of Tony Simone’s campaign Tony Simone Endorsed By Erik Bottcher, Brad Hoylman For NYS Assembly Council Member Erik Bottcher and State Senator Brad Hoylman are the latest to join what has become a robust group of local... News 09 May 2022 | 11:04
Mayor Eric Adams announced his FY 2023 preliminary budget in mid-February. Photo via the Mayor’s Office YouTube ‘Homelessness Solutions,’ Mental Health Care in Council Budget Process Budgeting the city’s spending is no small task — and it’s not one left solely to the mayor’s discretion, either. That’s why,... News 07 Apr 2022 | 02:56
Maud Maron is running in New York City’s Congressional District 12. Photo courtesy of Maron’s campaign Maud Maron, ‘Proudly Moderate,’ Rejects Pressure To Veer Left Maud Maron, a lawyer and mother who formerly ran for City Council in Downtown’s District 1, feels “dissatisfied” with leadership... News 30 Mar 2022 | 06:18
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (third from right) poses in Union Square with representatives of ten local organizations for which she helped allocate funding. Photo: Abigail Gruskin community organizations Maloney Secures $6.3 Million For 10 Community Organizations Jumbo-sized checks aren’t just for lottery winners or skilled game show contestants; in Manhattan, they’re for organizations... News 24 Mar 2022 | 05:45
Assembly Member Dick Gottfried (second from left), Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (center), State Senator Cordell Cleare (second from right) and Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine (right) posed for a photo with supporters. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Maloney Rallies Support on the UWS for Re-Election At the steps of the American Museum of Natural History on Sunday, incumbent Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney received backing... News 20 Mar 2022 | 04:48
