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Six leading candidates running in the Democratic primary for New York City Comptroller in the June election appeared at a forum on Tuesday to offer their perspectives on the role of the office, solutions to the city’s uncertain fiscal future, and how they would wield their powers to ensure city government is effective and fiscally responsible.  The candidates at the forum, hosted by Citizens Budget Commission, a nonprofit fiscal watchdog group, included Brooklyn City Council Member Brad Lander, military veteran and entrepreneur Zach Iscol, Manhattan State Senator Brian Benjamin, financial ...

The Trailer: 2020, Continued: How post-Trump voting laws would have changed the last election David Weigel In this edition: How new election rules would have changed the 2020 race, the Virginia GOP picks its 2021 ticket, and the policing debate spills over in New Mexico. The gas shortage makes me less angry with the guy who totaled my car, and this is The Trailer. © Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post Former president Donald Trump speaks during the final day of the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 28 in Orlando. On Monday afternoon, Virginia Republica...

Don't show me this message again✕ Andrew Yang at a previous visit to St Ann and the Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn, New York (REUTERS) Andrew Yang has been called out on social media after swearing during a campaign event in a Brooklyn church. The New York City mayoral candidate has been accused of being disrespectful for saying “s***” in a house of worship. Mr Yang was reminiscing about moving to the city during a campaign stop at St Ann’s Church and The Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn Heights on Saturday night. “I moved here as a 21-year-old law student at Columbia. I didn’t k...

Rep. Grace Meng backs Andrew Yang for NYC mayor Shant Shahrigian Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) endorsed Andrew Yang for New York City mayor on Monday, hailing him as a coalition builder as the city reels from crises on multiple fronts. The lawmaker, who’s taken a prominent stance against the nationwide spike in anti-Asian hate crimes, said Yang would strengthen “the presence of the Asian-American community, a community that has for way too long in both this country and right here in New York City been seen as too invisible.” Nodding to Yang’s rise to national prominence dur...

It is easy to assume that New York’s next mayor will mark an automatic improvement over the status quo at Gracie Mansion. After all, under de Blasio’s watch, crime and housing costs have soared, while relationships with the New York Police Department and the business community have soured. Long before the pandemic, New York City’s population was declining as residents fled in droves.   But ranked choice voting could make that wishful thinking.  Instead of the traditional winner-take-all system, New York City voters will list up to five candidates in order of preference. If no can...