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NEW YORK CITY. 2013. YOU DECIDE.
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WE’RE TRACKING THE RACE TO BE THE NEXT SPEAKER OF THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL
Carmen Farina to the Head of the Class?
by Ben Max Speculation is heating up about who Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio will appoint as the next chancellor of the City’s Department of Education. Many names have been bandied about for months,-READ MORE
The Progressive Caucus Grows [Updated]
by Ben Max A couple of weeks ago, in the aftermath of news that members of the 2014 New York City Council Progressive Caucus had decided they would vote as a bloc for the next speaker of the council,-READ MORE
The Speaker Candidate Campaign Pitches
by Ben Max Thursday’s city council speaker candidate forum, televised on NY1 from the Talking Transition tent, was the fifth held in the last eight nights. While several of the candidates, Council-READ MORE
The Progressive Caucus Grows
by Ben Max The race to become the next speaker of the city council is in full swing and the New York Times has reported that twenty members of the next council’s Progressive Caucus have agreed-READ MORE
For Mayor-Elect De Blasio, Defeated Ideas Worth Stealing
by Ben Max On the road to becoming Mayor-Elect, Bill de Blasio prevailed over many others vying to replace Michael Bloomberg come January. Most notable among them were Democratic primary opponents Bill-READ MORE
