New York City’s House incumbents are out-fundraising progressive challengers ahead of next year’s primaries and general election in congressional districts that have yet to be drawn. Three years after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took down a powerful House mainstay, progressive candidates are still trying to oust the city’s old guard. Ocasio-Cortez, who faces no current challenge […]
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What You Need to Know to Vote in New York’s June Primary
Additional reporting by Christine Chung Need to know more about coronavirus in New York? Sign up for THE CITY’s daily morning newsletter. For a moment, New York’s moot presidential primary was off. Then it was back on. Now, the state is trying again in court to nix it. But with or without the likes of […]
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Race for Brooklyn Rep. Yvette Clarke’s House Seat Spans Democratic Spectrum
Adem Bunkeddeko came within 2,000 votes of unseating longtime Brooklyn Rep. Yvette Clarke two years ago, on the same day Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ousted powerful Rep. Joe Crowley in Queens and The Bronx. The anti-poverty strategist with a Harvard MBA had campaigned on his biography as a successful son of Ugandan war refugees — and on […]
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Two Congressional Hopefuls Sharing the Same Brooklyn Coworking Space
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. Of all the coworking spaces in all the towns in all the world… Isiah James and Alex Hubbard, two upstart candidates in the crowded race to unseat Rep. Yvette Clarke, are up close and […]
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‘Tallman’ De Blasio Used Private Email for First 16 Months in Office
Mayor Bill de Blasio often relied on his personal email account to conduct official business for at least his first 16 months in City Hall, records obtained by THE CITY show. That includes a period that sparked scrutiny for his missing messages with a top donor who later pleaded guilty to bribery. It wasn’t until […]