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image via the Daily News: Rep. Charlie Rangel & State Sen Adriano Espaillat
BILL DE BLASIO IS NEW YORK CITY’S 109th MAYOR
Policy recommendations for Mayor de Blasio from a variety of groups and individuals.
A few Decide NYC highlights:
What I Learned in 2013 by Ben Max
The Next New York City Government
REVISIT THE RACES OF #NYC2013 HERE
Revisit our interactive mayoral candidate comparinators:
General Election: de Blasio; Lhota; Carrion; Hidary
Democratic Primary: Albanese; de Blasio; Liu; Quinn; Salgado; Thompson; Weiner
Republican Primary: Catsimatidis; Lhota; McDonald
For Its 25th Anniversary, Give the City Charter the Gift of Revision
by Talia Werber for City and State NY Twenty-five years ago, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the New York City Board of Estimate violated the Constitution, the 1989 New York City-READ MORE
A Tuesday Covering New York Politics and Policy
by Ben Max My Tuesday was not especially abnormal, but it struck me as particularly indicative of a day immersed in covering New York politics and policy. After waking up around 6:45 and a few short-READ MORE
How New York City is its Government?
Looking at city government demographics by Tyler Dratch and Ben Max With the election of Melissa Mark-Viverito as speaker by her colleagues, the New York City Council has its first ever Latino in-READ MORE
The State of Our City
by Ben Max On Monday at noon, Mayor Bill de Blasio will deliver his first State of the City address at LaGuardia Community College, in Queens. In the speech, de Blasio is likely to continue to hit on-READ MORE
De Blasio, Rodriguez Pledge “Vision Zero”
by Tyler Dratch New York City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez’s appointment as chair of the Council’s Transportation Committee has gained increased significance this month in the wake of a number-READ MORE
