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SHARE: Nearly a year after thousands took to the streets of New York City for weeks-long protests against police brutality in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the issue remains front and center. During the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin for Floyd’s death, Minnesota was rocked by yet another police killing of a Black man. During a traffic stop in the Minneapolis suburb Brooklyn Center, a police officer shot and killed 20-year-old Daunte Wright...

Before COVID pushed the deadline ahead by a month, today was the deadline to file your federal and state tax returns. In honor of normal Tax Day, we examined mayoral candidates’ tax plans. The takeaway: If you think you’re already taxed heavily for the privilege of living in the five boroughs, hold onto your wallet.

By Gloria Pazmino Manhattan SHARE City Comptroller Scott Stringer was feeling confident Wednesday, a day after getting the support of the Working Families Party (WFP). Its a much-needed shot of enthusiasm for a campaign that has lagged in the campaigns few public polls, despite wide name recognition and a multi-million dollar war chest.  What You Need To Know The party is asking supporters to rank ...

The Globe and Mail Mihir Zaveri ERPR GROUP/The New York Times News Service A group of police officers marched out of a public housing building in Manhattan on Monday with a man who they said had a gun and had been hiding in an apartment with a woman and her baby. But it was what came out of the building next that really grabbed attention while feeding into a far-reaching debate about policing in New York: a 70-pound robotic dog outfitted with lights, cameras and artificial intelligence. The fo...

The Mayoral Race Heats Up for Top Contenders [Want to get New York Today by email? Alternate-side parking: In effect until April 29 (Holy Thursday, Orthodox). Image Scott Stringer campaigning for mayor. Credit...Benjamin Norman for The New York Times With less than 10 weeks before the June 22 Democratic primary that is likely to determine the next mayor, each day becomes more consequential for the top four contenders: Andrew Yang, the 2020 presidential candidate; Eric Adams, the Brooklyn bo...

NYC mayoral candidate Scott Stringer rolls out health care plan, calls for ‘chief health officer’ Michael Gartland Mayoral contender Scott Stringer vowed Thursday that the “turf wars” that played out between top city health officials at the height of the COVID crisis would become a thing of the past under his health care plan. Stringer, who is the city comptroller, aims to create a chief health officer who would act as head of both the city’s Health + Hospitals network...

NYC matching funds revive underdogs’ campaigns; Shaun Donovan left out Shant Shahrigian The city showered cash on mayoral wannabes on Thursday, giving renewed life to underdogs’ campaigns and boosting the already huge war chests of frontrunners. Left out was Shaun Donovan, the former Bloomberg and Obama big who’s poised to benefit from millions of dollars through a PAC called New Start NYC largely funded by his father. “The Board is deferring its decision on whether to p...

Can New York’s Progressives Stop Andrew Yang? SINCE ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ ousted Joe Crowley in the June 2018 congressional Democratic primary, New York’s progressives have been steadily accruing electoral power. Several months later, a cohort of left-leaning candidates, backed by the Working Families Party (WFP), unseated a group of Democratic state legislators who had caucused with Republicans in Albany, while Julia Salazar, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), defea...

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...

If he expects flooding, he rolls up the downstairs rugs and takes his valuables upstairs. “That’s just life in Broad Channel,” he said. “If you want to live close to water, you just pay attention.” The extra attention is worth it to Riepe, who serves as the Jamaica Bay guardian for the American Littoral Society, a marine conservation group. He loves to take his boat out on the water, surrounded by the marsh with the city skyline visible on clear days. When he rebuilt his house after ...