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MNN and Gotham Gazette are pleased to bring you a series of interviews with the candidates running for office in New York City's 2021 elections. Hosted by Gotham Gazette's executive editor Ben Max, this week on #DecisionNYC​​, Ben Max talks with NYC #Mayoral​​ candidates #FernandoMateo​ and #BillPepitone​ who are running as Republicans. Decision NYC with Ben Max airs Sunday at 9pm on MNN1 and MNN5. Repeats on Friday at 6pm.

There’s two-fold purpose to this year’s Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival — providing a free, virtual high quality virtual concert with Grammy Award-winning artist Jon Secada and top Jamaican performers, that will benefit “industry professionals impacted by the pandemic

New York Democrats Look to Censure Andrew Cuomo Eleven New York State Democrats introduced a resolution on Monday to censure Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo for covering up nursing home deaths and threatening lawmakers. The resolution, signed by elected members of the New York State Democratic Party, condemned Cuomo for his lack of transparency on nursing home deaths and “belligerent conduct” towards public officials, according to the New York Post. “Actions have consequences. I consider it...

Gotham Gazette and City Limits tag-team the city’s politics and policy news. As the 2021 New York City elections unfold, voters will want to hear from candidates for Mayor, City Council, and other offices on a wide variety of issues. In these video briefs, hosts Ben Max of Gotham Gazette and Jarrett Murphy of City Limits reset the discussion on issues facing the city.   On this episode Ben and Max talk education and the economy.    Max and Murphy: On the Issues airs Mondays at 8PM on M...

The New York Mayoral Race Has Become a Zoom Hell Intelligencer 2/22/2021 David Freedlander By the 90th minute of the Staten Island Democratic Club’s Zoom mayoral forum, Richard Flanagan, a professor of political science at the College of Staten Island and the event’s moderator, was getting confused: Most of the candidates had already left, and the index cards he was using to ask them questions were now all out of order. “The field has thinned,” he announced into his he...

POLITICO Get the New York Playbook 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. Presented by Uber Driver Stories As protests raged in June, Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council announced they would slash $1 billio...

Watch this week's Decision NYC with Ben Max. In this show Ben Max talks with #Joycelyn Taylor who is running as a Democrat for NYC Mayor. Decision NYC airs Sunday at 9pm on MNN1 and MNN5. Repeats on Friday at 6pm.

Watch this week's Decision NYC with Ben Max. In this episode, Ben Max talks with #IsaacWrightJr​ who is running as a Democrat for NYC Mayor.  Decision NYC with Ben Max airs Sunday at 9pm on MNN1 and MNN5. Repeats on Friday at 6pm.

How Cuomo Is Looming Over The NYC Mayor’s Race arrow Mayor de Blasio joins via videolink Governor Cuomo announcement and briefing on COVID-19 response at Iona College at New Rochelle. Lev Radin/Pacific Press/Shutterstock During a mayoral forum this week that focused on what types of state policies the candidates would pursue in Albany, City Councilmember Carlos Menchaca, a left-leaning contender in the race, was asked how he would handle working with Governor Andrew Cu...

Gotham Gazette and City Limits tag-team the city’s politics and policy news. As the 2021 New York City elections unfold, voters will want to hear from candidates for Mayor, City Council, and other offices on a wide variety of issues. In these video briefs, hosts Ben Max of Gotham Gazette and Jarrett Murphy of City Limits reset the discussion on issues facing the city.   On this episode Ben and Max talk climate change and policing and other aspects of the criminal justice system, and how i...