3+ hour, 33+ min ago  (1149+ words) There is a version of this race that ended before it began. In this alternate universe, the two figures integral to the past and present of the New York left simply agree. No primary. No proxy war. The succession settled…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1696+ words) Every so often, an acquaintance will ask me a question so niche, yet so telling: what is the best Congressional District in New York City? And my answer might surprise you. All compelling places, to be sure, but none that…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (682+ words) Most moments in political campaigns are fleeting, and ultimately lost to history. But every so often, one breaks through the noise to stand the test of time: a perfect encapsulation of the present conditions that endures to become something greater…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (917+ words) I am the underdog." He should be anything but the underdog. And yet, Reynoso was absolutely correct. He is the underdog. Claire Valdez, the choice of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, is the favorite. If it was just me and Claire and…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (759+ words) It was a night to forget for Zohran Mamdani. The headlines were merciless. "Zohran's political brand took a drubbing," wrote POLITICO. "Mamdani Loses a Fight He Shouldn't Have Joined," headlined Ross Barkan's column. "Imagine Antonio Reynoso and Dan Goldman are…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (221+ words) We have done an incredible thing" and somehow we have more work to do." Mamdani's whirlwind campaign " from the viral videos that defined the democratic socialist's swift rise to the entrenched and bitter opposition of the city's political class " never…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (202+ words) And, in late October, I attempted to foreshadow where this "next era of progressive and socialist electoral expansion" (Commie Corridor Jr. per se) would be. The answer, then and now, is Upper Manhattan. For the power broker's career is defined…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (213+ words) In the words of Mamdani and Talarico, the billionaires and oligarchs are the common enemy. If the lessons of the former are plentiful, the latter has proved a quick study. Call it Realignment and Relocation. Many political pundits have focused…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (287+ words) Two weeks ago, I served as the moderator for a candidate forum for New York's 12th Congressional District, a two-hour discussion at Bank Street College. Floyd is not necessarily wrong, either. But not exactly for the reasons she outlined. Which bodes…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (457+ words) There is never a dull moment in New York City politics. Last week, Rep. Nydia Vel'zquez, the outgoing member of New York's 7th Congressional District, fired a warning shot at Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The Socialists vs. The Progressives? More like The…...