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Andrew Yang gets the nod for NYC mayor by restaurateurs, the Schnipper brothers Tim Balk Andrew Yang, hungry for endorsements in his run for mayor, picked up support from the owners of Schnipper’s restaurant on Friday. The Schnipper brothers, Jonathan and Andrew, are eager for fresh leadership in the city as they gave their support to Yang, a new face in local politics. “We’re very excited to endorse him,” Andrew Schnipper said in a news conference outside his restaurant in The New York Times Building on 41st St. “Things are coming back and we feel good about it, and...

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 ...

Last year, as the pandemic crushed the economy and public life, annual new housing construction in New York City dropped by 4,600 units to 20,200, the lowest since 2015, according to the city Department of City Planning. While new affordable housing kept pace with previous years and overall housing production picked up in the latter half of 2020, building permits remain relatively low in the first several months of this year, portending an uncertain future for the city's housing stock. New York has faced a housing emergency for years before the onset of the pandemic, with low vacancy rates an...

With progressive mantle up for grabs, Zephyr Teachout endorses Dianne Morales for NYC mayor Shant Shahrigian Mayoral candidate Dianne Morales is getting some extra wind in her sails, thanks to a new endorsement from local lefty icon Zephyr Teachout. Teachout announced her backing of Morales, one of the most progressive candidates in the race, on Tuesday. Teachout, a law prof who previously mounted an activist-style primary challenge to Gov. Cuomo, praised Morales’s “vision” and experience running prominent nonprofit Phipps Neighborhoods. “We need a champion of tenants,...