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10 things to know about the latest filing This week marked the massive information dump the New York City Campaign Finance Board calls “the filing deadline.” There are enough tidbits and storylines to last us politicos two months until the next one on May 21, but here are 10 things that immediately stood out. Adams has the money With $7.6 million on hand, Eric Adams is the undisputed money king of the mayoral race. Scott Stringer is in a not-so-distant second with $6.85 million. Andrew Yang raised an impressive $2.14 million in just two months, but he won’t be eligible to recei...

Early Voting Starts For Hotly Contested 11th & 15th Council District Special Elections arrow RBudhu Early voting for two New York City Council seats begins Saturday for the Bronx's 11th and 15th Council districts with 16 candidates vying for the seat representing the voters in the north and central sections of the borough. The early voting period phase runs through March 22nd, the day before voters will have the entire day to decide who will represent them in the Council. The contests is also the latest for voters to cast ballots under the new ranked-choice voting system, ...

Bronx Special Election Could Establish A New Political Dynasty arrow Eric Dinowitz (at podium) at an event in 2019 in the Bronx. His father, Jeff Dinowitz, stands near him to the right. Eric Dinowitz Campaign Of the five candidates vying to come out on top in the Bronx's 11th Council District special election this month, Eric Dinowitz stands the most to gain. For Dinowitz, a lead contender, his prospect of winning the seat is boosted by local name recognition — his father, Jeff Dinowitz, is Assemblymember for the 81st Assembly District. The elder Dinowitz has represe...

Will Corey break the speaker curse? One might say that Corey Johnson already fell victim to the City Council speaker curse. After all, his run for mayor ended before it began, when he closed his fledgling campaign in September and became the latest speaker to unsuccessfully seek higher office after leading the city’s legislative body. Three of the four speakers before him ran for mayor and lost in the Democratic primary. The other, Melissa Mark-Viverito, ran for both public advocate, then Congress, and lost in both primaries. Now six months after opting out of the 2021 elections, Johnson is...

Samantha Hom It’s no secret that construction work has long been a male-dominated industry. Erik Antokal is striving to change that.  “You have 50% of the population that has essentially been historically excluded from that incredible opportunity – what an untapped resource,” Antokal says. After graduating from Tufts University in 2012, Antokal completed a fellowship with the Coro New York Leadership Center, where he was able to work with the United Federation of Teachers and 32BJ SEIU, the politically powerful property service workers union. Prior to joining Nontraditional Employmen...