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Big Flushing Project Up Next in City Debate Over Development What's At Stake for New York City in the 2020 Presidential Election De Blasio Reups 2016 Board of Elections Reform Plan in 2020 Poll Workers on Their 2020 Training Experience in New York Amid Another Poorly-Run Election, Top New York Officials Point Fingers, Offer Plans, or Say Nothing City Council Holds Hearing on Sexual and Reproductive Right As De Blasio Promises WiFi in Shelters to Help Homeless Children Learn, Advocates Question Tardiness and Implementation Plan for Ending Solitary Confinement in City Jails is Imminent, Board of Correction Chair Says De Blasio's First Chief Democracy Officer Quietly Resigned in January and Hasn't Been Replaced Max & Murphy Podcast: Jennifer Jones Austin on Police and Prison Reform Carlos Menchaca Announces Candidacy for Mayor New York City Overcomes Obstacles to Outperform 2020 Census Projections New York City Covid Spending Tops $4 Billion, Virtually All Covered by Federal Funds In Dire Condition, Nonprofit Human Services Sector Launches Recovery Effort For Next Steps in City's 'Green New Deal' and Covid Recovery, Coalition Offers Plan for 100,000 Climate Jobs What's The [Data] Point? 8,200 - The Gowanus Rezoning, with City Council Member Brad Lander Brian Benjamin Launches Campaign for New York City Comptroller Democratic Mayoral Hopefuls Appear at First Candidate Forum of 2021 Race De Blasio Administration Pledges to Finally Address City's Persistent 'Digital Divide' with Universal Internet Access Stringer Plan Calls for Revamping City Workforce Development, Including Free Community College City-Solicited Recommendations Offer Strategies for More Inclusive Workforce Long-Time Transit Advocate Eyes New York City E-Scooter Pilot Members of De Blasio's Small Business Advisory Council Frustrated by Lack of Communication, Progress Borough President Candidates Talk Future of Manhattan Economy, Small Businesses Max & Murphy Podcast: Ensuring Voting Access by Monitoring Poll Sites Maya Wiley Announces Campaign for New York City Mayor The Deadline to Register to Vote is Friday; Here's How to Get Registered and Vote 'I Don't Trust What The Department of Education Is Saying': Parents of Color Choose All-Remote Learning at Higher Rates De Blasio Administration Fails to Provide Proper Reentry Services for Those Leaving Jail Amid Pandemic, Providers Say Max & Murphy Podcast: Principals Union President Mark Cannizzaro on Reopening New York City Schools & a Vote of 'No Confidence' in the Mayor Max & Murphy Podcast: Borough President Gale Brewer on Manhattan's Future Long-Promised Study of De Blasio's Neighborhood Policing Program Delayed Into His Final Months In Office 'One For The History Books': Race to Replace City Council Member Donovan Richards Starts to Take Shape in Southeast Queens Respuestas Al Censo Varían Bastante Entre Las Comunidades Latinas De La Ciudad When Can New Yorkers Expect General Election Results? City and State Officials Give Different Answers Business Association Calls on Mayor to Launch 'Open Stores' Program to Help City's Struggling Retail Sector What's The [Data] Point? 20,000 - Industry City Rezoning Negotiations Fall Apart, with Industry City CEO Andrew Kimball & City Council Member Carlos Menchaca Max & Murphy Podcast: New York City's Choppy School Reopening City's Supervised Release Program Has Positive Impacts Without Increases in Missed Court Appearances or Rearrest Rates, Report Finds 'The City Needs a Crisis Manager': Kathryn Garcia Plots a Run for Mayor Census Response Rates Vary Widely Among City's Latino Communities Scott Stringer is Putting Affordable Housing at the Center of His Mayoral Pitch — What's His Vision? 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It’s Complicated Experts Examine Challenges and Solutions to Building Affordable Housing in New York Max & Murphy Podcast: Lessons for Today from New York City’s 1970s Fiscal Crisis Donovan Richards Lays Out His Vision As Likely Next Queens Borough President New Report Highlights Sharp Income and Employment Disparities for Black New Yorkers As Gun Violence Increases, So Does Disagreement Over De Blasio's Response Max & Murphy Podcast: Donovan Richards on Development, Jobs & His Vision for Queens Can New York Officials Deliver November Election Results in a Timely Fashion? Providers, Participants Scramble for Scaled Down Summer Youth Employment Program How the De Blasio Administration is Preparing to Lay Off Thousands of City Government Workers Shaun Donovan Makes Federal Experience Focus of 2021 Mayoral Message After a Step Back, Corey Johnson Reemerges Crowded Race Underway for 'Open' Lower Manhattan City Council Seat Max & Murphy Podcast: New York City's Leadership Void, with Harry Siegel Republicans Eye 2021 Mayoral Race with Optimism, But Wary of a Primary 2021 Borough President Election Set to Unfold Amid Dramatic Shift in Bronx Politics Progressive Challenger Launches City Council Campaign to Unseat Conservative Democrat in Queens Max & Murphy Podcast: Shaun Donovan Explores a Run for Mayor After Intake Pause, City's Supervised Release Program Set for Large Expansion What's Next for the City's Massive 100 Million-Meal Emergency Food Program? Crowded Field Forms for Special Election to Replace Ritchie Torres in the City Council De Blasio Critical of Controversial NYPD Arrest of Protestor; Shea's Stance Unclear Two Plans Map Path Forward for Devastated New York City Economy City Council Staff Union Expects Recognition and Start to Contract Bargaining 'Soon' New Project to Prepare Voters for Historic 2021 New York City Elections Little Support for De Blasio's Claim that Court Shutdown is Driving Gun Violence Surge New York City Public Hospitals Were Unprepared for Major Crisis, Costing Lives During Covid Outbreak, Review Finds Requests for Emergency Rent Grants Fell During Pandemic, But Expected to Skyrocket When Evictions Resume Wave of LGBT Candidates Eyes City Council Seats in 2021 Elections Max & Murphy Podcast: Public Advocate Jumaane Williams on Gun Violence & Police Reform Max & Murphy Podcast: A Devastating Economic Picture in New York & What To Do About It The NYPD's Facial Recognition Policy Leaves A Lot of Leeway the Department Says It's Not Using Especially Hard-Hit by Coronavirus, City’s Bangladeshi Community Sees Failure of Government to Help Vulnerable New Yorkers New York City Mandated an Absentee Ballot Tracking System; The Board of Elections Never Implemented It De Blasio Promised Another Charter Revision Commission; Electeds and Advocates are Ready with Suggestions Max & Murphy Podcast: Correction Reform at a Crossroads Who’s Running for What in the 2021 New York City Elections CUNY Responds to Federal Directive Targeting International Students, Soon Thereafter Rescinded by Trump Administration Black Business Owners Hang On Through Covid Crisis as Black Lives Matter Movement Surges Council Member Helen Rosenthal Drops Out of 2021 Comptroller Race 'I Actually Have to Negotiate a Budget': Corey Johnson and the Challenge of Running for Mayor as City Council Speaker A Month After Historic Curfew, Many Unanswered Questions About How City Policed Protests, Looting Max & Murphy Podcast: Teachers Union President Michael Mulgrew on Reopening New York City Schools Max & Murphy Podcast: NYPD Chief Jeffrey Maddrey on Building Community Relationships As Unemployment and Crime Spike, City Plan for Disconnected Young Adults Remains Years Behind Schedule Can Shaun Donovan Win the 2021 Mayor's Race? 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ThriveNYC Looks to Turn Corner with New Outcome-Focused Data More Savings, Better Planning: City Council Begins Examination of Mayor's $95.3 Billion Budget What to Expect as the City Council Begins Examining De Blasio's $95.3 Billion Preliminary Budget Proposal As Council Passes Bill to Require It, Department of Investigation Set to Launch Dashboard Tracking Agency Reforms New Bill Would Close Loophole for Reporting on Independent Expenditures to Influence Ballot Referenda Initial Report Shows Benefits and Challenges of NYPD Body Camera Program for Police Watchdog Contrasting Herself with Former Boss Bill de Blasio, Loree Sutton Runs to be ‘Quality of Life’ Mayor Council Moves Bill to Require More Reporting on City Efforts to Address Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment 'Go Big or Go Home': Dianne Morales Goes for the Top Job in New York City Department of Investigation Commissioner Pledges to Eliminate 'Shameful' Background Check Backlog Effort Launched to Double Youth Voter Turnout in New York City Key Details Emerge for How Ranked-Choice Voting Will Work in New York City 1.2 Million ‘Food Insecure’ New Yorkers and Added Strains on Emergency Providers Trying to Keep Up A Spike in Cyclist Deaths, A Call to the Mayor, and The Slow City Adoption of ‘The Dutch Reach’ Report Shows Poverty in New York Far Worse Than Official Measures Say Max & Murphy Podcast: De Blasio's 2020 'Save Our City' Agenda Max & Murphy Podcast: The City Council's Plan to Reduce Homelessness Council Moves Legislation Requiring City to Enroll More Eligible Seniors in Food Assistance City to Codify Office of Food Policy and Require 10-Year Food Plan Experts Dissect How the City Economy is Working and Who It's Working For City's $20 Billion in Contracting Takes Another Step into Modernity In State of the City, De Blasio Outlines Agenda to 'Save Our City' from Unaffordability, Underperforming Schools, Unsafe Streets, Unlivable Climate Push Begins to Educate New Yorkers About Ranked-Choice Voting Ahead of 2021 Implementation Max & Murphy Podcast: Mayoral Candidate Dianne Morales Max & Murphy Podcast: Mayoral Candidate Loree Sutton Ballot Set for Queens Borough President Special Election After Unprecedented 'Lottery' First Major Task for City's New Civic Engagement Commission at Risk Engaging Black Media, City Looks to Boost Government Trust, Census Responsiveness in Black Communities Why Boosting Self-Response Rate is City's Census Holy Grail City Council Pursues Comprehensive Planning Legislation What's The [DATA] Point? 6 months, with NYCHA CEO Gregory Russ Johnson Unveils ‘Holistic, Long-Term’ Plan to Tackle City Homelessness Crisis Commission Releases Long-Awaited Recommendations for Fairer City Property Tax System Max & Murphy Podcast: How the City's Economy is Working Stringer Calls for 'Universal Affordable Housing' and Overhaul of City Subsidy Use City's New Office of Hate Crime Prevention Takes on Rise in Anti-Semitic Acts Council to Examine Persistent and Growing Violence Plaguing City Jails No Sign of De Blasio Legal Defense Fund as $300K Debt from Ethics Investigations Remains Electeds, Advocates Rally Behind New Bill to Expand Municipal Voting Rights to Some Non-Citizen Residents New Veterans Services Commissioner Lays Out Agenda at Council Oversight Hearing Williams Delivers First ‘State of the People’ Speech as Public Advocate Max & Murphy Podcast: The Rise in Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes Max & Murphy Podcast: How the City is Addressing a Rise in Hate Crimes January 2020 City Campaign Cash Roundup: Races for Mayor, Comptroller, Borough Presidents Warning of State Threats, De Blasio Presents $95.3 Billion Preliminary Budget for 2021 Fiscal Year Max & Murphy Podcast: Taking Stock of City Housing & Neighborhood Development Policies Max & Murphy Podcast: The Bushwick Rezoning Hits an Impasse New York City Launches ‘Complete Count Campaign’ for 2020 Census City Whistleblower Protections; Campaign Finance Filings; NYCHA in the Spotlight; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, January 13 Many Major Challenges, Decisions for De Blasio in 2020 6 Years of De Blasio Dodging and Delaying Property Tax Reform The 10 Most-Read Op-Eds Published by Gotham Gazette in 2019 The 10 Most-Read Gotham Gazette Stories of 2019 Max & Murphy Podcast: Advocates Question NYPD's Gang Policing City's Property Tax Reform Delay Threatens Promise to Pursue Essential Changes in Albany James Oddo's Not Done Fighting the Bureaucracy, But He's Also Not Running for Mayor Christine Quinn on Solving Homelessness: 'This is Not Brain Surgery' NYPD's 'High Arrest Rate' for Hate Crimes is About 42% The Challenges Facing Dermot Shea What to Watch for When the City's Property Tax Commission Finally Issues Its Report De Blasio's Answer to Garner Death, NYPD Deescalation Training Slowly Evolves Toward Meeting Mayor’s Rhetoric Deadly NYPD Shooting of Officer and Civilian Tests New Body Camera Footage Policy City Awards $19 Million in Census Funds to Community Outreach Organizations Lander Pledges Neutrality in Crowded Brooklyn City Council Race to Succeed Him NYPD's New Agreement with Police Oversight Board Promises Better Access to Body Camera Footage Assembly to Evaluate Mayoral Control of City Schools for First Time Under Recent Reforms As Calls for New Board of Elections Head Resume, Council Member Ulrich Pursues Post Turnout, Ballot Questions, & Dropoff: How New York City Voted in 2019 Max & Murphy Podcast: Comptroller Scott Stringer Council Hearing Points to Problems with City's 'Batterer Intervention' Programs to Reduce Domestic Violence 24 City Council Members Call on MTA to Address 'Over-Policing,' End Fare Evasion Crackdown City Council Considers New Office to Aid Non-Profits Facing Criticism, NYPD Reps Tell City Council Body Camera Program 'A Work in Progress' With Support from Electeds, East Harlem Community Board Approves Resolution Condemning Subway Policing Plan City Council to Examine Rollout of NYPD Body Camera Program Oversight Board Stymied by NYPD Denial of Body Camera Footage Requests New NYPD Body Camera Footage Policy Raises Questions About Editing Department of Investigation to Publicly Track City Agency Compliance with Recommended Reforms Max & Murphy Podcast: Christine Quinn on Homelessness, Making Government Work, & Her Future After Ballot Proposal Spending, Council Member Eyes Expansion of Independent Expenditure Disclosure Vast Difference in NYPD Provision of Body Camera Footage to District Attorneys Versus Police Watchdog How the City's New Jails Plan Accounts for Those with Serious Mental Illness First Deputy Mayor on Next Steps for Voter-Approved 'Rainy Day Fund' Williams Remains Public Advocate; Katz Next Queens DA; Ranked-Choice Voting on Its Way; & More: Election Results 2019 Securing Two More Years as Public Advocate, Williams to Keep Pushing De Blasio on Housing, Policing NYPD Publishes Long-Sought Body Camera Footage Policy WATCH: 15 Minutes with Public Advocate Candidate Joe Borelli WATCH: 15 Minutes with Public Advocate Candidate Devin Balkind Police Union Spends on Ads to Defeat Ballot Question 2 De Blasio Dodges Questions About His Stance on Ballot Proposals 'It's Critical We Get the Planning Right': Council Examines City's Initial Preparations for 2020 Census Count Max & Murphy Podcast: Staten Island Borough President James Oddo City Council Votes For Suspension, Against Expulsion of Council Member Andy King for Extensive Ethics Violations Civilian Complaint Review Board Refutes Police Union's 'Myths' About Ballot Proposals and Its NYPD Oversight Work Where Top City Officials Who Appointed the 2019 Charter Revision Commission Stand on Its Proposals The Fine Print On Your Ballot That Isn't Fine Print Max & Murphy Podcast: Breaking Down the Consequential Questions on Your Ballot Do New Yorkers Know About the Ballot Questions They Can Answer This Fall? A Closer Look at the Costs, and Savings, of Closing Rikers and Building Four New Jails Max & Murphy Podcast: The Candidates for Public Advocate Police Officers Union Launches Campaign to Defeat NYPD Oversight Ballot Measure In Public Advocate Race, Three Very Different Visions for the Office Questioning Jails Plan, Advocates Seek ‘New Deal’ to Address Homelessness NYPD Pledges Release of Body Camera Footage Policy This Month With 'Broad City' Stars, Charter Revision Commission Hits Airwaves to Activate Voters There are NYPD Oversight Measures on the Ballot - How Significant are They? Johnson Says City Council to Pass Streets Master Plan Bill This Month In Its First Year, Early Voting May Give Glimpse of Modern New York City Election As City Council Vote Nears, Leading Mayoral Contenders Clarify Positions on Jails Plan They May Have to Implement Williams Challengers Fail to Qualify for Official Public Advocate Debate, But Candidates May Spar Anyway First Mandated Survey of Small Businesses Identifies Problems But City Points to Existing Services City Planning Chief on De Blasio Administration's Zoning for Growth, and the Need for More Housing in the Suburbs Max & Murphy Podcast: Post-Presidential Campaign, De Blasio Faces Final 2+ Years as Mayor City Launches Pilot Voter Guide for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing New Yorkers With Under a Month To Go, Board of Elections Mum on Shift to Electronic Poll Books 2019 Charter Revision Commission Seeks to 'Tweak,' Not Upend City Balance of Power Council Examines Gaps in City Shelter Services for Domestic Violence Survivors After Rally with De Blasio, City Council Hears Bills on Private Sector Retirement Security What's The [DATA] Point? 90%, The City's Initial Progress on 'NYCHA 2.0' Push Launched to Get Voters to Choose Ranked-Choice Voting 2019 Mayor’s Management Report Gives Snapshot of Government Services, City Trends Max & Murphy Podcast: The City's Fight Against Homelessness 7 Years After Sandy - Part III: Is the City's Emergency Responsiveness Ready for Whatever Comes Our Way? 7 Years After Sandy - Part II: The City’s Limited Resiliency Efforts Since Food Policy Agenda on Menu at City Council Hearing 7 Years After Sandy - Part I: Pieces In Place That Worked, Rebuilding Efforts That Failed One Promising Reform with Rare Support from Both the City and Board of Elections, But Little Movement State Senator Brian Benjamin Explores Run for City Comptroller Max & Murphy Podcast: NYPD Counterterrorism Chief John Miller on the Anniversary of 9/11 New York's Election Administration Accountability Vacuum - Part II: Partisanship, Patronage & Potential Fixes New York's Election Administration Accountability Vacuum - Part I: 'Bad Choices at Every Step' What's The [DATA] Point? 16,000 - The Future of Gifted & Talented Schooling in New York City Max & Murphy Podcast: Recommendations from the Mayor's School Diversity Task Force & What Comes Next De Blasio, City Council Look to Move Ahead with Private Sector Retirement Savings Program NYPD Continues Move Away from Criminal Penalties for Low-Level Offenses, But Racial Disparities Remain New York City is Waist-Deep in a School Desegregation Conversation - How Did We Get Here? Launch of Required City Reporting on Required Reports Shows Gaps in Reporting Max & Murphy Podcast: How the CCRB Prosecuted the Eric Garner Case The City’s Pouring Money Into Trash Basket Pickup, and Complaints of Overflowing Bins are Dropping Looking Back at Mayor David Dinkins, 30 Years After His Historic 1989 Win De Blasio’s Promised ‘Comprehensive Strategy’ for City Response to People in Mental Health Crisis is Well Behind Schedule Max & Murphy Podcast: The 30th Anniversary of David Dinkins' Election as Mayor Council Ethics Committee Issues Disciplinary Charges Against Council Member King City's Promised Plan for Quality-of-Life Issues Yet to Materialize De Blasio Says He’s Reformed the NYPD and Improved Police-Community Relations. The Reality is Complicated. City STATE Covid Toll at State Psychiatric Facilities Has Remained Disproportionately High State Legislators Eye Revenue from Inheritances and Gifts with New ‘Heirs Tax’ Legislators and CUNY Chancellor Discuss University Funding, Recovery Plans Amid Massive Covid Disruption De Blasio Warns of Cuomo Budget Moves, Outlines Albany Agenda in Final State Legislative Hearing State Legislators, Advocacy Coalition Launch Push for ‘New Deal for CUNY’ What's The [DATA] Point? $7.4 Billion, Examining the Governor's Executive Budget Activists Press Manhattan District Attorney Candidates on How Far They’ll Go on Reform Report Shows $12 Billion Gap Between New York Spending on Jails and Policing Versus Public Health and Community Programs Manhattan District Attorney Candidates' Fundraising from Within the Borough Varies Widely Public Defenders Release Evaluation of Manhattan District Attorney Candidates Manhattan District Attorney Candidates Debate Resumes and Reform Credentials CUNY Chancellor on What's Next for the Public University System and New York's Recovery The Money Race in the Democratic Primary for Manhattan District Attorney: January Filing Max & Murphy Podcast: State Senator Liz Krueger on New York’s Finances 'Asking for Fairness from Washington,' Cuomo Presents Budget Vision with $15 Billion from Feds Why Didn't New York's Hardest Hit Communities Receive Covid Vaccine Priority? Seven of Eight Manhattan District Attorney Candidates Support Parole and Sentencing Reform Cuomo Concludes 2021 State of the State Speeches Invoking ‘New Deal’ with Infrastructure Plan Cuomo Goes Big on Green Jobs in Third 2021 State of the State Cuomo Focuses on Economic Revival in Second 2021 State of the State Speech Cuomo Launches 2021 State of the State Agenda with Focus on Covid Recovery, Future of New York Economy Chuck Schumer's Moment 40 Questions for New York Politics in 2021 The 20 Most-Read Op-Eds Published by Gotham Gazette in 2020 ‘Forsaken Land:’ City and State Officials Mum on Covid Vaccination Plans for Incarcerated New Yorkers and Correction Officers Max & Murphy Podcast: Senator Jamaal Bailey on the Albany Agenda and Leading the Bronx Democrats CUNY Nursing Schools Continue Amid Pandemic, with Major Questions for One Program New York Looks to Georgia with Senate Control and Much More on the Line The Status of $6.5 Billion in Federal Covid Aid to New York City and State as End-of-Year Spending Deadline Looms House of Representatives Examines Census Data Anomalies and Risks to Accurate State Numbers Manhattan District Attorney Candidates Pitch Plans and Pasts to West Side Democratic Clubs New Scholarship Helps Bridge Gap for Military Veterans Studying at CUNY John Jay Essential Workers Continue to Struggle for Covid-Related Workers' Comp and Death Benefits Trump Decimated Refugee Admittance; Biden Promises Massive Expansion — What it Means in New York New York Hospitals Brace for a Second Covid Wave. Are They Ready? The Covid Crisis Made the New York Health Act More Urgent, More Unlikely, or Both New York Leftists Strategize for the Post-Trump Era Democrats Hold Senate Majority, All of State Government; Here's What's on Their Agenda The MTA’s $500 Million Cleaning Regimen is Shutting the Subways Overnight; Experts Say It’s Not Worth It Max & Murphy Podcast: State Senator Liz Krueger on Next Steps in the Covid Fight CUNY Leaders Pressed on Thousands of Faculty Layoffs Concerns Over Budget Cuts to State Court System Amid Massive Case Backlog After Significant Help for State Senate Democrats in 2018, Cuomo Largely Absent from 2020 Races How New York's Smaller Political Parties are Faring at Meeting New Ballot Thresholds The State of Play in the State Senate as the 2020 Election Moves to Counting Absentee Ballots Tracking Voter Turnout in the 2020 General Election in New York Developing 2020 General Election Results in New York 9 Things to Watch in the 2020 General Election in New York Democrats Eye Supermajority, Republicans Look to Regain Seats: The 2020 New York State Senate Battle Max & Murphy Podcast: State Democratic Party Chair Jay Jacobs Manhattan Assembly Member Tries to Hold Seat After Missing Democratic Ballot Line Absentee Voters Must Now Be Allowed to 'Cure' Their Ballots Under Certain Circumstances; Here's How It's Supposed to Work CUNY and New York City Could Recover Together, or the Public University System Could Be Left Behind Max & Murphy Podcast: Phara Souffrant Forrest on Her Campaign for Assembly Pushed by City Council, CUNY Announces Additional Student Mental Health Services 51,000 Workers at 1,200 Sites: Board of Elections Scrambles to Prepare for General Election Officials Urge 2020 Census Participation with Just Hours Left in the Count Could a Tax on Stock Trading Help New York Fill Its Massive Budget Hole? Max & Murphy Podcast: State Senator Andrew Gounardes on His Case for Reelection Without Random Testing, New York City and State Address Covid Outbreaks with Blinders How CUNY Has Started Its New Online Semester NYC Board of Elections Misses Deadline for Cuomo-Ordered Needs Assessment Efforts Launched to Encourage Early Voting and Avoid Absentee Ballot Headaches Sign By the Red X: New York Election Officials Unveil New Envelope to Ensure More Absentee Votes Get Counted State Inaction Means New York City Won't Launch Online Voter Registration Before 2020 Deadline Max & Murphy Podcast: Senator Gianaris on Next Steps in New York's Recovery 'This is Not a New Conversation': Southeast Brooklyn Leaders Discuss Causes and Casualties of Rising Gun Violence As General Election Approaches, Mixed Results for Efforts to Ensure More Votes Get Counted ‘The Electorate Has a Bias for Youth and Energy’: Younger Candidates Take New York Politics by Storm Randomized Testing Would Best Assess Covid Spread, Epidemiologists Say, But New York Isn't Doing It Renewed Scrutiny of Police Misconduct Includes Reexamination of Qualified Immunity for Officers Low Four-Year CUNY Graduation Rate Linked to Limited Course Seats Crunch Time for New York Census Count as September 30 Deadline Looms and Numbers Lag 'We're in a State of Transition': Bronx Democrats Wrestle with Changing of the Guard CUNY Students Branch Out for Internship Mapping City Park Greenery All 9 Democratic Candidates for Manhattan District Attorney Appear at LGBTQ-Focused Forum Max & Murphy Podcast: Dr. Christina Greer on Lessons from the 2020 Primaries, Black Voting Patterns & New York Politics Fact-Checking Malliotakis and Rose Campaign Ads in NY-11 $40 Billion in Unemployment Paid to 3.3 Million New Yorkers as Pandemic Devastates New York Workforce Max & Murphy Podcast: Democratic Socialists Ascendant, with Senator Julia Salazar & Jabari Brisport New York Elections Administrators Lay Out Immense Challenges, Uncertainty Ahead of Fast-Approaching General Election 'A Very Pathetic Response': Charles and Inez Barron on Protest, Police Reform and Radical, Black-Led Politics As New York Looks for Smoother General Election, Long List of Voting Reform Bills Awaits Governor’s Signature or Legislative Action 2020 Primary Results Certified by Board of Elections; Show 23% Turnout Among New York City Democrats Max & Murphy Podcast: The Working Families Party's Big Primary Wins As State Withholds Contract Payments, Substance Use Treatment Providers Worry About Rising Overdoses, Disease Outbreaks Cuomo Re-Launches State Census Efforts How a Big Brooklyn Upset Unfolded Wins Pile Up for the New York Left 'Break in the Dam': New York Sees Flood of Long-Stalled Police Reforms in Response to Outcry Democrats Flipped a Brooklyn State Senate Seat in 2018; Is It In Play In 2020? Max & Murphy Podcast: The Looming Eviction Disaster Push Is On for 10 Bills to Strengthen Absentee Voting and More Ahead of Fall Election After Strong Primary Showing, Will New Crop of Progressives Push Assembly Democrats Further Left? Without Vance, 5 Democratic Manhattan District Attorney Candidates Participate in First Debate The 2021 Manhattan District Attorney Race is Officially Underway Voters Should Be Able to Track Their Absentee Ballots, Lawmakers Say Jabari Brisport, Democratic Socialist on Verge of Upset Primary Win in Brooklyn, Eyes Journey to Albany Voters, Poll Workers Attest to Confusion and Missing Ballots in Another Marred Election Campaign Donations from Real Estate Lobby Drop Dramatically as Democrats Decline Them Where Key Primary Races Stand as Absentee Ballot Counting Begins Congressional Reps Release New Report Underscoring Importance of Complete NYC Census Count After 28 Years in Office, Jeff Aubry Faces Tough Assembly Primary from Disgraced Former Senator Hiram Monserrate Insurgent Campaigns Try to Replicate Major 2018 Voter Turnout Jump in Very Different Circumstances A Pandemic and A Primary in the Most Impoverished Congressional District in the Country Voter Turnout in New York City Was Cratering; Then Came 2018 Could Coronavirus Exodus from Manhattan Impact Competitive Tri-Borough Congressional Primary? Long-time Incumbent Faces Two Challengers from the Left in Western Queens Assembly Primary WATCH: Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou and Challenger Grace Lee Debate in Lower Manhattan Democratic Primary Challenges for Challengers: Coronavirus Crisis May Make It An Especially Tough Year for Insurgents to Overcome Incumbents Self-Funding Community Activist Challenges Progressive Star Incumbent in Lower Manhattan Assembly Primary Race, Representation, and Community Roots in Focus in Central Brooklyn Assembly Primary Community Activist Takes on 47-Year Incumbent in North Brooklyn Assembly Race Challenges, Uncertainty Abound for CUNY System and Its Students, Faculty and Staff Race to the Left in Western Queens Assembly Primary WATCH: Democratic Primary Challengers Debate in New York's 12th Congressional District WATCH: Clarke Debates Democratic Primary Challengers in New York's 9th Congressional District Competitive Queens Primary in District Ravaged by Coronavirus Strikes Familiar Themes Fierce Competition as Upstarts and Assembly Member Vie for Brooklyn State Senate Nomination Rep. Yvette Clarke Faces Several Democratic Primary Challengers: Watch the NY-9 Candidates Debate on Sunday June 7 Rep. Carolyn Maloney Faces 3 Democratic Primary Challengers: Watch the NY-12 Candidates Debate on Monday June 8 Max & Murphy Podcast: Lindsey Boylan on Her Bid to Unseat Rep. Jerry Nadler in NY-10 Max & Murphy Podcast: Jonathan Herzog on His Bid to Unseat Rep. Jerry Nadler in NY-10 WATCH: Engel Debates Democratic Primary Challengers in New York's 16th Congressional District New Yorkers Can Weigh In On Recommendations for New Student 'Civic Readiness' Standards U.S. Census Bureau Resumes Limited Field Operations in New York and NYC Continues Outreach While State Remains MIA Max & Murphy Podcast: State Senator Brian Benjamin on Rescuing New York's Finances & More Max & Murphy Podcast: State Senator Gustavo Rivera on New York's Health Care Response to COVID-19 Progressive Coalition Backs Slate of Incumbents, Challengers and Upstarts in June Primaries Front-Line Workers Must Prove They Contracted Coronavirus on the Job to Receive Workers' Comp CUNY Faces Massive Potential Shakeup Due to City and State Budget Cuts Max & Murphy Podcast: Lutchi Gayot Runs Again in Brooklyn's 9th Congressional District Max & Murphy Podcast: Isiah James Runs for Congress in Brooklyn's 9th District WATCH: Ocasio-Cortez Debates Democratic Primary Challengers in New York's 14th Congressional District WATCH: Democratic Primary Debate in the Bronx's 15th Congressional District Intense Competition for 'Open' Bronx Congressional Seat: Watch the District 15 Democratic Debate on Thursday May 14 Max & Murphy Podcast: Adem Bunkeddeko Runs Again in Brooklyn's 9th Congressional District Max & Murphy Podcast: Rep. Yvette Clarke on Why She Deserves Another Term in Congress New York City Could Receive $5.3 Billion from First Four Federal Coronavirus Packages As 2020 Count Proceeds, New York State Census Plans Haven't Launched Coronavirus Crash Prompts Renewed Calls for New York Divestment from Fossil Fuels, But Comptroller Stands Pat Democratic State Senators Call for Raising Taxes on Wealthy, Passing Coronavirus Relief Measures Brooklyn Candidates Say Democratic Party Leaders Booted Them from Ballot for Not Gathering More Signatures During Pandemic Coronavirus Death Toll at State Psychiatric Facilities Climbs Quickly Cuomo Orders All Voters Get Absentee Ballot Applications and Polls Open for June Elections, While Presidential Primary Canceled Questions and Concerns About Potential Shift to Vote-By-Mail as New Yorkers Await Further Action from Cuomo Largely Absent from Cuomo's Coronavirus Briefings, Lieutenant Governor Hochul Charged with Western New York Role 10 Dead, Hundreds Infected as State Psychiatric Facilities Become Another Crisis Point in Coronavirus Outbreak Max & Murphy Podcast: Senator Michael Gianaris on 'Canceling Rent' & Other Responses to the Coronavirus Crisis New York's Smaller Political Parties Must Quickly Meet New Ballot Thresholds ‘Not a Budget Anybody Should Be Celebrating’: Democratic Legislators Displeased with Albany Compromise Cuomo Announces Absentee Voting for All in June; What to Know Max & Murphy Podcast: Senator Jessica Ramos on Coronavirus in Queens & the New State Budget Community Groups Shift Strategies After Coronavirus Blows Up Census Outreach Plans 10 Major Proposals Not Included in New State Budget State Allocates Another $10 Million, But Census Efforts Appear Stalled Resources: How New Yorkers Can Access Help with Food, Unemployment, Health Care, Domestic Violence, Small Businesses, & More 'The Good Thing is Self-Response Hasn't Stopped': Census Bureau’s New York Regional Director on the 2020 Count Amid Coronavirus Previously Struck Down in Court, New State Campaign Finance System and Political Party Ballot Thresholds Passed in Budget 'Census Day' is Here; What to Know as the 2020 Count Proceeds Push for Online Voter Registration Bill as Coronavirus Prevents Registration Drives Poll: New Yorkers Financially Strained by Coronavirus, Approve Governor's Response More Than Mayor’s The State Legislature in a State of Emergency As They Issue Dire Shortage Warnings, Neither State Nor City Has Plan for Ventilator Triage Max & Murphy Podcast: Coronavirus' Impact on State Finances, with Comptroller Tom DiNapoli ‘Possibility of a Prolonged Recession’: Coronavirus Could Wreak Havoc on City, State Budgets As NYCHA Teeters, Calls for More Funding in City and State Budgets 'Open' Government Amid an Outbreak Judge Strikes Down New State Campaign Finance Law The 2020 Census Has Officially Begun, Here's What To Know 'They're Conditioned to Just Ignore or Erase Us': Native Americans in New York Fear Another Census Undercount Containing Coronavirus; Council Speaker's State of the City; City Budget Hearings; Early Voting for Queens BP; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, March 9 U.S. Census Bureau Announces Hundreds of 'Community Partners' in New York Central Brooklyn Officials Organize ‘Day of Action’ to Raise 2020 Census Awareness in Hard-to-Count Neighborhoods Containing Coronavirus; City Council Budget Hearings Begin; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, March 2 Max & Murphy Podcast: Supporters of Democratic Presidential Candidates Make Their Case Busy City Council & State Legislature; MTA Board Meeting; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, February 24 After Cuomo Veto, Uncertain Future for Civic Education Fund While State Task Force Moves Ahead Max & Murphy Podcast: Michael Bloomberg Runs for President De Blasio Sanders Endorsement Fallout; Reckoning with Bloomberg's Record; Cuomo's Budget Amendments; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, February 17 'Urgent' Bill to Enhance Census Language Translation Services Approved by Senate, Awaits Assembly Counterpart Congressional Hearing Raises Red Flags About U.S. Census Bureau Preparedness as 2020 Count Set to Begin What's The [DATA] Point? 2020 - De Blasio, Cuomo, and The Year Ahead Bill Allowing Online Voter Registration in New York City Moves in State Senate, Stalls in Assembly ‘We Put Them in the Jewish Community to Protect Our People’: City and State Add Permanent Security Cameras to Combat Rise in Anti-Semitism In Albany, De Blasio Enlists Legislators' Help to Fight Cuomo Budget Proposals De Blasio Albany Testimony; City Council Passes Legislation; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, February 10 New York City Economy Continues Setting Records, But Slower Growth Expected De Blasio's State of the City; Monitoring Coronavirus; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, February 3 Deadline for New York Voter Party Enrollment Change is Rapidly Approaching Big Year Ahead for Cuomo’s Child Care Task Force Diaz Jr. Decision Fallout; Cuomo to Poland; State Budget Hearings Begin; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, January 27 After Successful 2018, Empire State Indivisible Backs Initial Trio of Progressives in 2020 Races What's The [DATA] Point? 7 Days: Budget Season Begins, with Citizens Budget Commission President Andrew Rein Cuomo Proposes $178 Billion Budget, Closing $6.1 Billion Gap and Funding Top Priorities After Court Rulings, Unclear Future for Push to Restrict State Legislators' Outside Income With Cuomo Promising Gig Economy Regulations, New York Leaders Consider Pros and Cons of California Model King Tributes; Cuomo Budget Presentation; Williams 'State of the People' Address; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, January 20 Final Signature Allows Implementation of Cuomo-DiNapoli Agreement to Restore Certain Contract Oversight Powers How Cuomo Closes Budget Gaps and May Approach Largest Deficit Since His First Year Cuomo's Missing Ethics Agenda As Cuomo Proposes Expansive Equal Rights Amendment Favored in Senate, Assembly Again Passes Narrow Version Three Democratic Leaders in Albany, Three Different Positions on Altering Bail Reforms Reactions Roundup: Elected Officials, Advocates & Others on Cuomo's 2020 State of the State Speech 16 Notable Cuomo Proposals Not in His State of the State Speech Max & Murphy Podcast: Cuomo's State of the State & What's Next, with Senator Liz Krueger State Senate Set to Move Automatic Registration Amid Early 2020 Voting Package In State of the State, Cuomo Plots Changes on Education Aid, Medicaid, Marijuana and More Ahead of 2020 Elections, Cuomo Signed Affidavit Ballot Bill That Roiled Queens DA Recount 5 Things to Watch in Cuomo's State of the State Speech Cuomo's State of the State; Katz's Inauguration; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, January 6 Max & Murphy Podcast: 2020 Vision - Previewing the Year Ahead in New York Politics 50 Questions for New York Politics in 2020 Max & Murphy Podcast: The Top 10 Stories of 2019 in New York Politics Predictions! Experts Look Ahead to 2020 in New York Politics More Than 49,000 Parolees Have Had Voting Rights Restored Under Cuomo’s Executive Order Criticism Grows as State Campaign Finance Plans Head Toward Law Issues to Watch in the 2020 Legislative Session in Albany Cuomo’s 2020 Agenda; Mayoral Control Hearing; De Blasio NYCHA Town Hall; MTA Budget Vote; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, December 16 What's The [DATA] Point? $28.8 billion, the State's Four-Year Budget Gap Driver's Licenses for All in Effect; Renewed Amazon Debate; Senate Albany Conference; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, December 9 State Senate Looks Ahead to Complicated Task of Property Tax Reform Max & Murphy Podcast: State Campaign Finance Reform Takes Shape, with Challenge to Minor Parties With Push from Cuomo and Funding from Vance, New York College-in-Prisons Program is Flourishing Shea Takes Over at NYPD; City Gun Law at SCOTUS; & More; The Week Ahead in New York Politics, December 2 Max & Murphy Podcast: Debating Major Criminal Justice Reforms Taking Effect in January State Lawmakers Criticize Campaign Finance Commission Results While Legislative Leaders Stay Mum State Commission Approves New Campaign Finance System, Raises Bar for Political Party Ballot Access State Campaign Finance Commission Decisions; City Council Passes Parking Placard Bills; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, November 25 What's The [DATA] Point? 275, with MTA Board Member Veronica Vanterpool Legislature Evaluates Inaugural Early Voting Period in New York, Looks Ahead to Daunting 2020 Election Year Cuomo Announces Census Outreach and Funding Plans Immigrant Advocacy Group Releases 2020 New York Policy Agenda Bloomberg Watch; De Blasio Mental Health Conference; NYPD Body Camera Hearing; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, November 18 What's The [DATA] Point? $15 billion, with First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan Advocates Remind State Leaders of Approaching Deadline to Name Redistricting Commission MTA Capital Plan Hearing; De Blasio Town Hall; City Council Oversight; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, November 11 Max & Murphy Podcast: Analyzing the 2019 Election Results Promising Reform and Independence, Melinda Katz Elected Next Queens District Attorney 19 Things Melinda Katz Promised To Do As Queens District Attorney As Election Proceeds, Affidavit Ballot Bill at Center of Queens Controversy Continues to Languish Ranked-Choice Debate; Election Day; Puerto Rico Somos Summit; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, November 4 Early Voting Continues; Council Member King’s Fate; City Council Passes Major Legislation; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, October 28 What's The [DATA] Point? $81.3 billion, with New York Tax Commissioner Michael Schmidt Senate Bill Would Complement City Voter Approval of Budget 'Rainy Day Fund' With New York as a Model, a Young Progressive Points Democrats Toward 2020 Statehouse Elections Public Advocate Debate; Byford MTA Drama; Vision Zero Oversight; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, October 21 What's The [DATA] Point? 5, The 2019 Charter Revision Questions on Your Ballot City Council Vote on Jails Plan; Public Advocate’s Priorities; Senate Hearings on 50-A & Education Aid; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, October 14 State Census Commission Releases Report, with Funding Decisions Kicked Back to Cuomo Administration City Housing Plan, Vision Zero Conference, Voter Registration Deadline, & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, October 7 What's The [DATA] Point? $7.3 Trillion, with Linda Lacewell of the Department of Financial Services As City Rolls Out Census Funding for Outreach Efforts, State Lags Behind How Vulnerable is Max Rose? The Week Ahead in New York Politics, September 30 2019 Max & Murphy Podcast: The MTA's New $52 Billion Plan to Save the Subways & More Max & Murphy Podcast: The Future of Fusion Voting in New York As New York Rethinks High School Graduation Requirements, Under-the-Radar School Group May Offer a Model De Blasio's Post-Campaign Mayoralty; Trump at the UN; Cuomo & Christie Talk Politics; MTA Capital Plan Vote; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, September 23 First Responder Mental Health; NYPD Status Report; Climate Strike; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, September 16 Calls to Keep Fusion Voting, Create Robust Public Matching System at First Hearing of State Campaign Finance Commission Meetings of the Board of Regents, City Council, Campaign Finance Commission, & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, September 9 Dates, Deadlines, Elections & Ballot Questions: Everything You Need to Know for Fall 2019 in New York City In Opioid Fight, City Expands Access to Crucial Medication-Assisted Treatment Hate Crime Prevention; Jail Plan Hearings; First Day of School; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, September 2 Drug Overdose Deaths Drop for First Time in 8 Years, City Reports De Blasio's Debate Fate, Cuomo Opens Another Bridge, AOC Town Hall, & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, August 26 State Campaign Financing Commission Holds First Public Meeting Awaiting a Pantaleo Decision; State Campaign Finance Commission Launch; and More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, August 19 City Government’s Most Outspoken Republican on De Blasio, Trump, and the Future of the GOP in New York Max & Murphy Podcast: The Future of the Republican Party in New York 'It's What I Was Elected To Do': State and City Leaders Take Different Approaches to Pension Fund Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies Child Victims Act Takes Effect; City Council Stated Meeting; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, August 12 National Group Trains Staff for Local Progressive Campaigns, Drawing Mayoral Contenders Max & Murphy Podcast: Senate Deputy Leader Gianaris on Gun Control, Queens Politics & More Max & Murphy Podcast: Reentry Programming, State Prison and Parole Policy An Old, Unfair System: New York City's Property Tax Conundrum - Part III - The City's Bottom Line Pantaleo Recommendation Fallout; National Night Out Against Crime; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, August 5 An Old, Unfair System: New York City’s Property Tax Conundrum - Part II - Deep and Complex Inequities An Old, Unfair System: New York City’s Property Tax Conundrum - Part I - Taking on the Difficult Task ‘Nobody Should Enter the Criminal Justice System for Something Related to Mental Illness’ De Blasio on the Presidential Debate Stage; Queens DA Primary Certified; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, July 29 As Cuomo and Heastie Trade Comments on Anti-Poverty Efforts, a Closer Look at What They've Done Report Shows Nation-Leading Extent of New York's Nonprofit Sector Charter Commission Decisions; Council Hearing on Foreclosure Program; MTA Board Meeting; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, July 22 Max & Murphy Podcast: Transit Organizing & the Future of the MTA Campaigning for Congress, Torres Touts City Funding Secured for Development Outside Council District Queens DA Recount Begins; MTA Reorganization Report Evaluation; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, July 15 Max & Murphy Podcast: Queens District Attorney Primary Heads to Recount Senators Krueger & Myrie on Historic Albany Session, Senate's Relationship with Cuomo, & More Decades of Voter Registration Data Shows Tall Task for New York GOP's New Chair Cautious Optimism Among Reformers After State Public Campaign Financing Commission Named New State Climate Law: ‘Compromise Bill’ Nevertheless ‘Historic’ In End-of-Session Scorecard, Progressive Coalition Grades State Legislature on First Year of New Democratic Power Max & Murphy Podcast: State Senators Liz Krueger & Zellnor Myrie on the Year in Albany In End of Session Deals, Cuomo and Legislators Pass Capital Budget, with New 'SAM' Money 2019 Primary Election Results: Cabán Declares Victory in Queens DA; Louis Prevails for City Council; & More Cabán Declares Victory, Katz Doesn't Concede in Queens District Attorney Primary How De Blasio Fared in Albany This Year In ‘Most Historic and Productive’ Session, Albany Democrats Move Extensive Agenda to Transform New York Cuomo's Unfinished Business: 3 Issues the Governor Says Will Form Basis of His 2020 Agenda Ethics Officials from Around the Globe Discuss Challenges, Strategies Max & Murphy Podcast: Breaking Down the Queens District Attorney Race Max & Murphy Podcast: Landmark Climate Legislation in Albany Legislators Search for Common Ground on Expansion of Equal Rights Amendment Cuomo, Legislative Majorities Reach Deal on 'History-Making' Climate Bill End of Albany Session, Primary Election Crunch Time, & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, June 17 Stuck on Marijuana Legalization, Could Lawmakers Offer a Referendum as Cuomo Suggested? Powerful Head of Building Workers Union Takes on Critics, Explains Positions Max & Murphy Podcast: Dissecting Dynamics in Albany Pushed on Climate Legislation, Cuomo Tries to Set Himself Apart Rent Regs Deadline; Queens DA Debates; Awaiting Pantaleo Decision; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, June 10 What's the [Data] Point? 6/15, Crunch Time in Albany as Rent Regulations Expire Upcoming Elections: What's on the June 25 Ballot in New York City Support Grows for Aggressive Climate Legislation Cuomo Calls Unrealistic De Blasio's End-of-Session Albany Agenda De Blasio Heads to Albany, City Council NYCHA Hearing, & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, June 3