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Opinion: What makes Andrew Yang appealing to New Yorkers? CNN 5/1/2021 Opinion by Julian Zelizer, CNN Political Analyst © Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 23: New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang leaves the NYC Board of Elections office on March 23, 2021 in New York City. Yang dropped off the signatures needed to officially have his name on the ballot for the mayoral race. His campaign says they collected over 9,000 signatures gathered by volunteers to secure his name on the ballot. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) There is som...

High-profile endorsements for NYC mayoral candidate Scott Stringer evaporate amid sex abuse allegations © Luiz C. Ribeiro New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Scott Stringer. City Comptroller Scott Stringer lost several key endorsements Friday, putting his mayoral run in danger of collapse. The retraction of support came hours after Stringer opened up a new front in his denials of sexual abuse allegations by releasing documents that show his accuser Jean Kim recently gathered petition signatures on behalf of a rival mayoral campaign. The Board of Elections records reveal Kim gat...

politics Sep 25, 2020 New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson said Thursday he will not run to replace Bill de Blasio as mayor in 2021, revealing an ongoing battle with depression as part of a candid and transparent statement on his campaign. Johnson, a Democrat first elected to City Council as a representative for the 3rd District in 2013 who has held the… politics Sep 9, 2020

The police department will return Digidog to robotics manufacturer Boston Dynamics after months of backlash and mockery that compared the four-legged bot to a dystopian sci-fi surveillance nightmare.

SHARE: New York City comptroller candidate and Assembly Member David Weprin wants to get his fellow candidates to pledge they won’t use the office as a steppingstone to run for mayor – the way the position has been used for decades. But not everyone is happy with Weprin’s ploy, given his track record of running for the next higher office himself. In the office’s recent history, virtually all New York City comptrollers have tried to use the seat as a springboard to Gracie Mansion. Only former comptroller Abraham Beame was successful in becoming mayor. City Comptroller Scott Stringer is...