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New Yorkers like to think of themselves as savvier than Podunkers or Peorians (hey, mom!), but I’m not convinced. They also like to say they were on to the Donald since back in the day, while ignoring the fact that Trump made his bones here long before he brought his act to Washington.

The New York City Mayoral Race Is Getting Petty Brooklyn Borough Hall — the scene of the placard crime. Photo: Bloomberg via Getty Images In a city faced with the challenges of bouncing back from a pandemic and providing equitable vaccine access for all New Yorkers, the hot debate in the mayoral race on Thursday was over placard abuse. In the morning, exam-prep tycoon and unlikely frontrunner Andrew Yang put a spotlight on the less-than-pressing topic, when h...

Event Description With the state budget behind us, lawmakers are set to act on their remaining priorities for the legislative session. These regional forums offer a chance to hear from legislators on their top policy priorities. We’ll touch on topics such as the ongoing response to COVID-19, curbing high prescription drug costs, retirement security, long term care reform, ways to make housing more affordable for an older population, and other pressing topics. Speakers Assembly...

WATCH: One-on-one with NYC mayoral candidate Dianne Morales © Provided by RADIO.COM NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — New Yorkers will have their first experience with ranked choice voting in the June 22nd Democratic primary. City residents may rank their top five mayoral candidates and this week the Working Families Party chose their top three progressives: Scott Stringer, Dianne Morales and Maya Wiley — in that order. Anchor Lynda Lopez spoke with Morales for this weeks 880 Weekly Rewind, which air...

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 CVS Health Andrew Yang began his Thursday facing criticism for laughing during an impromptu interview when his questioner sugge...

The survey, conducted by the left-leaning think tank Data for Progress, shows the former Democratic presidential hopeful running 13 points ahead of his closest rival, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, at 26 percent to 13 percent respectively. Only two other candidates, city comptroller Scott Stringer and attorney Maya Wiley, notched double-digit support in the survey, garnering 11 percent and 10 percent support respectively.  ADVERTISEMENT The poll also shows Yang benefiting from New York...

Bad connection Because of either affordability or lack of access, millions of New Yorkers don’t have a steady internet connection. About 30% of New York households lack a home broadband subscription, and about 18% of residents—1.5 million people—lack both consistent broadband and a mobile connection, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Internet Master Plan. The Covid-19 pandemic has “pulled back the curtain on the issue,” said Valerie White, executive director of LISC NYC, a nonpro...

As mayoral race heats up, do endorsements really matter? NYC Mayoral endorsements In a crowded race like the Democratic Mayoral Primary, where there are still more than 10 candidates in the running, anything that can draw attention helps, but not all endorsements are created equal. NEW YORK - This week, the rappers Diddy, Jay-Z, and Nas got together to talk politics and lend support to Democratic Mayoral hopeful Ray McGuire. "We have the power to ignite this and light this up," Diddy said in th...

Andrew Yang, Celebrity Politician The front-runner to become the next mayor of New York has a lot of big ideas. Few of them have much to do with running New York. Spencer Platt / Getty Images Andrew Yang was, briefly, a corporate attorney, then an executive at a test preparation company, then the founder of a nonprofit that encourages entrepreneurship. (It has a mixed record.) He ran for president in 2020, more or less as the Reddit Candidate, embracing memes and borrowing some of his policy a...

arrow A voter during the October 2020 early voting period Mary Altaffer/AP/Shutterstock After four special elections in different parts of New York City, a small sample of voters have had their first taste of ranked choice voting. The system, adopted by voters in 2019, took effect at the start of this year and has its advocates and detractors. With nothing set to stop its broader implementation, a much wider pool of voters will use the new voting system in the upcoming citywide pr...