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- City to Eliminate Need to Squint at Election Ballots
- Today's Lead: Brooklyn Lawmaker Faces New Charges, Another's Trial Begins
- Today's Lead: De Blasio Admin Diverts Charter Schools Money to Pre-K
- Council Members Pull No Punches on de Blasio Pick for Investigations Agency
- Today's Lead: De Blasio, Cuomo Put Pre-K Differences Aside in Albany
- Today's Lead: De Blasio Pitches Pre-K Plan to Legislature
- City Council Committees: Changes and Challenges
- De Blasio Doesn't Budge on Pre-K Plan
- Today's Lead: Cuomo's Budget Balancing Act
- De Blasio Proposes Stronger, Faster Paid Sick Leave Law
- Today's Lead: De Blasio, Mark-Viverito To Unveil Expanded Paid Sick Leave
- Today's Lead: A Closer Look At Mark-Viverito's Council
- Mayor Sets Strategy to End 'Epidemic' of Traffic Fatalities
- Today’s Lead: Another Assembly Sex Scandal Ends in Resignation
- Member Items For Mark-Viverito Ally Org Frozen
- Mark-Viverito Promises To Heal Divides After Winning Race For Council Speaker
- De Blasio Appoints Advocates For Albany, DC Policy Agenda
- Mayor De Blasio Promises Independent Police IG
- Today's Lead: Cuomo's State Of The State
- Memories of Gracie Mansion: They’re Stealing The Soap!
- New Police Commissioner Has Mandate To Reform NYPD
- Local Pols Enthusiastic About New Administration, Less So About Old One
- At Inauguration, Mayor de Blasio And Supporters Link New York’s Future to Nation
- The 2014 Inauguration Curated
- Today's Lead: De Blasio Sworn In As 109th Mayor
- Today's Lead: The Next Schools Chancellor
- Latino Group Slams De Blasio For 'Marginal Inclusion' In Appointments
- Today's Lead: Gladys Carrión Picked To Lead City's Child Services Agency
- City Council To Take Up Leftover Bills At Final Meeting
- Why De Blasio's Pick For Budget Director Makes Perfect Political Sense
- De Blasio Transition Team Announces 'Inauguration For All New Yorkers'
- Today's Lead: Scrutinizing Bloomberg's Legacy
- De Blasio Picks City Govt Vet To Be Deputy Mayor For Health And Human Services
- Council Approves Bill Named In Memory Of 4-Year-Old Ariel Russo
- Today's Lead: Metro-North Safety Improvements
- Why Ban Foam Food Containers? The Recycling Plan Bloomberg Doesn't Want
- New Top Cop No Surprise, But Pick Gets Cool Response From Some
- De Blasio Picks Veteran Of Koch Administration To Be Top Official
- Today's Lead: Fatal Metro-North Derailment
- OMG: City Council Approves Campaign Donations Via Text Message
- Today's Lead: Principals Fear Changes
- City Council Tries For Runoff Reform In Final Stretch
- The City Council Speaker Race Explained
- City Council Speaker Race Forum Schedule
- Today's Lead: LaGuardia Airport Flood Aid
- Today's Lead: Soaring Prices For Taxi Medallions
- Here's How Bloomberg Could Burnish His Reputation In The Time He Has Left
- Lawmakers Want The Public To Have Another Tool To Hold Them Accountable
- Today's Lead: Final Letter Grades For Schools
- Justice May Be Ahead For Central Park 5, But What About Key Police Reform?
- Officials Claim Elections Victory, Look To 2014
- NY State Mulls Bill Requiring Videotaped Interrogations
- Short On Time, City Council Pushes Lobbying Reform
- Today's Lead: The Speaker Race
- False Confessions: NYC Still Struggles in Aftermath of Central Park Five
- Bill de Blasio Is First Democrat Elected Mayor In 20 Years
- Voters Squint As They Choose New Mayor
- Today's Lead: De Blasio Leads In Poll
- In Round 3, Neither Mayoral Candidate Lands a Knockout
- A Plan To Reform The City Council
- Today's Lead: Corruption Commission Looks To Rebuild Credibility
- Court Ruling Clears Way For Unlimited PAC Spending For Lhota
- Today's Lead: Voters Polled On Corruption In State Govt
- Elections Board Debates Fine Print On Ballots
- City Council Cooks Up Restaurant Grade Reforms
- Reckoning With Diversity In The Council Speaker Race
- Today's Lead: Shutdown Could Delay Storm Aid
- James Takes Public Advocate Runoff By Large Margin
- Today's Lead: A $13M Runoff
- Mayoral Influence Weighs Heavily On Public Advocate
- Council Approves Protections For Pregnant Workers
- Today's Lead: Big Telecom's Influence
- Latino Vote Remains ‘A Sleeping Giant’
- New Elections Chief Talks Primary Day And Beyond
- Board of Elections Counting Process At Heart of Thompson Concession
- Thompson Concedes to de Blasio as Cuomo Calls for Party Unity
- Today's Lead: Obstinate Thompson
- Council Approves New Oversight Of Medical Examiner's Office
- Today's Lead: De Blasio Ahead In Democratic Mayoral Primary
- Problems Reported At Polls With Hours Left In Primary
- Today's Lead: Bloomberg Calls De Blasio Campaign Strategy 'Racist'
- Voter Guides 2013
- Guide For The Last-Minute Voter: Primary 2013
- Campaign Trail: Weekend Roundup
- GothamVotes: Mayoral Candidate John Liu Won't Back Down
- City Council Overrides Bloomberg Vetoes Of NYPD Bills
- Piling On De Blasio In The Democratic Mayoral Debate
- EXCLUSIVE: Labor Leader Disputes Quote Used By De Blasio Campaign [UPDATED]
- Not Much New In Thompson Plan To Reform Stop-And-Frisk
- Latest De Blasio Endorser Voted Against Stop-And-Frisk Bills
- Why Does The Public Advocate Matter?
- Why Voters Should Care About The Office Of Public Advocate
- Campaign Trail: De Blasio Up In The Polls
- Another Feisty Debate Between Comptroller Candidates Spitzer And Stringer
- Oddly Symbolic Showdown Outside Comptroller Debate
- Spitzer And Stringer To Face-Off In 2nd Comptroller Debate
- ICYMI: Policy Dreamin' At Manhattan BP Candidate Debate
- Policy Dreamin' At Manhattan BP Candidate Debate
- Campaign Trails: Voter Turnout Mapped; De Blasio's First TV Ad Spending; Sandra Fluke For Quinn
- Manhattan Borough President Candidates Get Chance To Explain Their Visions
- John Liu Defiant After City Board Denies Funds For His Mayoral Campaign
- GothamVotes: A Conversation With Mayoral Candidate Christine Quinn
- WeinerGate Revisited: The Morning After
- NYC Candidates 'Living The Experience'
- GothamVotes: 30 Minutes With Anthony Weiner
- Spitzer's Call For A Bolder Comptroller Sounds Familiar
- The Guide To City Pork 2013
- Council Approves Police Reforms, Budget At Overnight Session
- Quinn Goes On The Attack
- Quinn On The Attack
- Se Puede? Latino Political Power In The 2013 Mayor
- Mayoral Candidates Atwitter Over Puerto Rican Day Parade
- Se Puede? Latino Political Power In The 2013 Mayoral Race
- Politicians, Advocates See End To City's Annual Budget Dance
- Scandal! Confessions! Weiner! An Elections Roundup
- Expansion Of Voting Rights To Immigrants May Not Hold Up Under Legal Scrutiny
- Families Displaced By Superstorm Sandy Are Running Out Of Time
- A Lukewarm Report Card For City Government Transparency
- What Future For The City's Waterfront?
- Superstorm Sandy Shapes Discussion At Mayoral Forum
- Party Politics At Nexus Of Bribery Plot In Mayoral Race
- What Would A Police Inspector General Mean For The City?
- Unemployed Job Seekers Get Protections Under Tough New City Law
- City Will Appeal Judge's Ruling Against Limits On Large Sugary Drinks
- What A Court Ruling Against The Voting Rights Act Could Mean For NYC