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Will de Blasio be Bad for Business? (page 2)
Page 2 of 2 — First Page De Blasio’s campaign has centered around a message of growing economic inequality. Scissura does not see much of a divide between the positions de Blasio has articulated as a...
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Albany Braces for Something New: Change
Kathy Sheehan, right, and Corey Ellis participate in a debate in Albany hosted by the League of Women Voters and the local chapter of the NAACP. (Jessica Bakeman) By Jessica Bakeman For the first time...
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Will de Blasio Be Bad for Business?
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, a candidate for mayor of New York City, campaigns outside City Hall. (Photo: Mickael Johnson) At a recent press conference hastily squeezed beneath a scaffolding across...
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Council Watch: The Power of Incumbency
What do you say about a political system in which incumbents not only win as a matter of routine, but often do so without even having a challenger? Even in the Soviet election of 1937 the Communist...
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Winners and Losers, October 4, 2013
Have the Republicans in Congress gone off the rails? Are the Democrats unreasonably refusing to compromise? Is it all President Obama’s fault? The government shutdown this week yielded so many...
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How The Runoff Was Won [CORRECTED]
Runoff elections have a tendency to be unpredictable, with outcomes depending entirely on a slice of the voting population that pays better attention to electoral politics than most. With that in mind,...
View ArticleLAST LOOK: Bill Lipton
State Director of the Working Families Party Bill Lipton discusses the party’s investment in the city council races and hopes for a progressive future with the likely elections of Bill de Blasio,...
View ArticleFirst Read – November 8, 2013
WEATHER: Mostly sunny in the city, wet upstate. New York City, high 52; Albany, high 47; Buffalo, high 43; San Juan, PR, high 83. WINNERS AND LOSERS: Ah, Election Day! A time teeming with Winners...
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WFP Selects New Legislative Director to Build on Wins
Austin Shafran, who lost a close City Council primary race in Queens this year, has joined the Working Families Party as its New York legislative director. The third party is looking to build on a...
View ArticleDe Blasio Attends NYCC Gala, Praises Mark-Viverito
New York City’s progressive illuminati squeezed into a room at the Transport Workers Union Local 100 headquarters in downtown Brooklyn to welcome their favorite son, Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio, and...
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