Julie Menin, the Democratic City Councilmember for the UES’s District 5, easily secured reelection in 2023’s contest. She beat Elizabeth Golluscio, her Republican challenger and a former tech exec, by over 10,000 votes. ( Photo via juliefornyc.com ) Julie Menin Glides to District 5 City Council Reelection, Earning 80.9% of the Vote Julie Menin, the Democratic incumbent for the City Council’s District 5 seat, has successfully won reelection. She will continue... Home 11 Nov 2023 | 03:19
929 Lincoln Place, the home of Eric Adams’s top fundraiser, was reportedly raided by F.B.I. agents on November 2. ( Photo by Jack Ahern ) Home of Eric Adams Fundraiser Raided by F.B.I., Straw Donor Scheme Probed The home of Eric Adams’s top fundraiser was raided by F.B.I. agents looking into illegal foreign donations, resulting in... Home 04 Nov 2023 | 02:54
(Officials from the Office of Cannabis Management, from left to right): Patrick McKeage, First Deputy Director; Chris Alexander, Executive Director; Damian Fagon, Chief Equity Officer. They faced questions in a New York State Senate hearing on legal and illegal cannabis shops. ( Photo via OCM ) Pols Question Cannabis Officials About Unlicensed Dispensaries, As New Legal Licenses Readied State senators in Albany questioned various cannabis stakeholders on October 30, including officials from the Office of Cannabis... Home 03 Nov 2023 | 06:35
Rebecca Seawright, the Chair of the People with Disabilities Committee in the New York State Assembly, was the lead sponsor for two bills mandating inclusive language for people with disabilities. ( Photo via Rebecca Seawright ) Disability Rights Bills Pushed by Seawright Are Signed Into Law Governor Kathy Hochul has signed two bills intended to further inclusivity for people with disabilities into law. Namely,... News 02 Oct 2023 | 01:25
For the past four years, Ken Frydman, a one-time press secretary for Rudy Giuliani, has turned into an unrelenting critic of his recent turn. Photo: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons Figuring Out What Really Happened to Rudy Giuliani Figuring out what happened to Rudy Giuliani has been my side-job these past four years. It started with a New York Times... Voices 25 Aug 2023 | 12:34
Noelle Dunphy (right) who said she had dated Rudy Giuliani while working for him, filed a sexual harassment and wage theft lawsuit against the former NYC mayor and former advisor to former President Trump earlier this year. Giuliani, who denies the claims, had wanted the case moved to federal court, but a judge shot that down. Photo: Noelle Dunphy iphone. Judge Rejects Move To Transfer Sexual Assault Suit Against Rudy Giuliani To Federal Court A federal judge has rejected a move by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to transfer a lurid sex assault and wage... News 19 Jul 2023 | 05:37
Yusef Salaam (at mic) has come out further on top in a Democratic primary’s ranked-choice runoff for a District 9 City Council seat. He is not predicted to face any serious competition for the Harlem position in the November general election. ( Photo via harlemforyusef.org) Yusef Salaam’s City Council Victory Solidified As Ranked-Choice Vote Pushes Tally To 63% Yusef Salaam, a member of the Central Park Five, has only come out further on top in his race for a Harlem City Council seat.... News 07 Jul 2023 | 04:20
Ben Akselrod, 27, seen here at a rally on the UES for Governor Hochul, won the endorsement of the Four Freedom Democratic Club in the race for District Leader in Assembly District 76 and will face a primary battle. Photo: Arlene Kayatt Primary Fight Looms in Battle for District Leader in 76th A.D. The victor gets a primary. Three candidates for district leader in the 76th Assembly District, Part A--Ben Akselrod, Billy... News 27 Feb 2023 | 10:28
NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (third from right) describes the clean-up operation at the site of the World Trade Center terrorist attack in lower Manhattan to Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (second from left) on Nov. 14, 2001. Photo: Department of Defense photo by R. D. Ward, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Giuliani’s Fall from America’s Mayor to Trump Sycophant There came a moment when Michael Bromwich began to think this was not the Rudolph Giuliani he had worked with to prosecute... News 31 Dec 2022 | 05:01
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
Former Mayor Bill de Blasio at a briefing at City Hall on Monday, August 2, 2021. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. De Blasio Heads to Harvard as a Teaching Fellow Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is headed to Harvard this fall as a teaching fellow at the university’s schools... News 30 Aug 2022 | 10:11
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
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
