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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.
Plus, WNYC and Gotham Gazette kick off their pre-primary reporting partnership with City Limits.
There’s a forum in the East Bronx for a contested Council race, as well.
‘I think that if people start focusing on it and writing about it,’ he said of his candidacy in an interview with City Limits last week, ‘I think I’ll become the consensus candidate. And I’ll win this election.’
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 what he’d do if he became interim mayor.
Plus info on how to help the victims of Hurricane Harvey.
And the lieutenant governor tours Maspeth.
Intro 1447 would ‘move the goal posts when it comes to qualifying for employment in New York City’s construction industry,’ the author argues.
Theodore Hamm | Acting DA Eric Gonzalez leads the field of Democratic primary candidates but more than two in five voters remain undecided, according to a poll by one of the campaigns bringing up the rear.
Plus a weird a story about a guy who likes to pretend he’s an elected official online.
It’s a quiet Friday in the big city as the world prepares for McGregor vs Mayweather — or perhaps just for doing the laundry over the weekend.
Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj’s muscular fundraising has made him the putative leader of the pack seating an East Bronx Council seat. But it’s also made his real-estate connections a talking point for rivals in the race.
Over the past decade, Long Island City has experienced drastic transformation, sprouting up residential towers that rival Manhattan. But who is driving that process? And do they have the public interest at heart?
The mayor told a debate audience that most of his donations were from people who contributed $175 or less. Is that true?
Takes from WNYC, Gotham Gazette, Politico, the Times and, of course, City Limits.
‘De Blasio wants to embrace Bloomberg’s bottomed-out, third-term school years as his starting point, because things could only improve after that.’
Two Council hearings and three candidate forums are also on the docket.
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 with a second term.
The neighborhoods that make up most of Council District 9, where a former Councilman who returned via special election earlier this year is aiming for re-election, have seen a dramatic loss of Black people.
In other news, the governor and mayor disagree on something.
Meanwhile, Republican citywide candidates stake out the Rivington.
What do the mayor and his chief Democratic challenger hope to do in their first debate? What will voters get out of it?
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 can hang on to it.
There’s also news from the races in the 8th and 44th Council districts.
Plus, the mayor and schools chancellor make an announcement.
Two City Council Committees will meet, as well.
Plus stories on Ruben Diaz, Sr. and President Trump’s support within some of New York City’s religious communities.
In total, fifteen Democrats and one Republican attended the event, which included some pointed back-and-forth.
It is unclear whether the mayor’s approach to rezonings will be a factor in the mayoral campaign, but rezonings are a big issue in at least a few Council districts where plans are in the pipeline.
Don’t forget: today’s the last day to register to vote in the primary!
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