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June 9, 2021 The Fair Chance for Housing Act would bar landlords and brokers from conducting criminal background checks on prospective tenants, a barrier to housing for the formerly incarcerated and their families. June 8, 2021 Even though cutting NYPD funding has become a popular position among many candidates running for mayor, City Council, and other offices this year, the city’s current leadership seems unlikely to embrace any significant cuts t...

New York City voters will be using the new ranked-choice voting system for the June party primary elections for Mayor, Comptroller, Public Advocate, Borough President, and City Council. Voters will be able to rank up to five candidates in order of preference, and ranked-choice voting eliminates the runoff elections that used to occur in some cases for citywide offices. Watch the show below from Gotham Gazette and Manhattan Neighborhood Network for what you need to know about ranked-choice votin...

POLITICO Get the New York Playbook PM newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. 04/13/2021 03:55 PM EDT The Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine was billed as a “game-changer” to rapidly inoculate New Yorkers and re...

As part of the "Decision NYC with Ben Max" series of candidate interviews from Manhattan Neighborhood Network and Gotham Gazette, Democratic candidates for Manhattan Borough President talked about their campaigns ahead of the June primary. In this episode, City Council Member Elizabeth Caputo joined host Ben Max to explain his vision for the role. Watch:  

As part of the "Decision NYC with Ben Max" series of candidate interviews from Manhattan Neighborhood Network and Gotham Gazette, Democratic candidates for Manhattan Borough President talked about their campaigns ahead of the June primary. In this episode, City Council Member Mark Levine joined host Ben Max to explain his vision for the role. Watch: More MNN Blog Posts April 1, 2021 Manhattan Borough President Candidate Elizabeth Caputo sits down with Executive Editor of ...

As part of the "Decision NYC with Ben Max" series of candidate interviews from Manhattan Neighborhood Network and Gotham Gazette, Democratic candidates for Manhattan Borough President talked about their campaigns ahead of the June primary. In this episode, City Council Member Elizabeth Caputo joined host Ben Max to explain his vision for the role. Watch:  

Gotham Gazette's Ben Max sits down with the republican primary candidate for NYC Mayor, #FernandoMateo. Decision NYC with Ben Max airs Sunday at 9pm on MNN1 and MNN5. Repeats on Friday at 6pm.

“I’m not going to resign because of allegations,” he said during the press call. “The premise of resigning because of allegations is actually anti-democratic,” he argued. “The system is based on due process.” He then suggested that it wasn’t known if the allegations were credible. Guess that whole “believe all women” thing completely goes out the window when it comes to him. No, the premise of resigning isn’t “anti-democratic,” resignation is a voluntary move. He said ...

Gotham Gazette's Ben Max sits down with the republican primary candidate for NYC Mayor, #FernandoMateo. Decision NYC with Ben Max airs Sunday at 9pm on MNN1 and MNN5. Repeats on Friday at 6pm.

Gotham Gazette's Ben Max sits down with the republican primary candidate for NYC Mayor #BillPepitone​.