Nydia Velazquez

Congressman Charlie Rangel's No H8-er

Manhattan Congressman Charlie Rangel may be (but definitely is) a tax cheat. But he's no hater.The congressman yesterday announced that he's joining 25 other members of Congress in their support for the NoH8 campaign, a "global art protest project" in opposition to California's Proposition 8, which ... More >>

Nydia Velazquez Wins 7th Congressional District Primary

Nydia Velazquez, a 20-year veteran congressional representative, cruised through a fiercely contested Democratic primary today to win the party nomination. With 97 percent of polls reporting last night, Velazquez took 58 percent of the vote, crushing her strongest challenger, City Council member Er ... More >>

New Yorkers Vote In Congressional Primaries Today

Between the weirdly unseasonable timing and the minimal press attention, you might not know it, but today is primary day in New York's congressional and senate races. Given the city's one-party monoculture, the primary races are generally where he action is. Here's a quick guide to the races being ... More >>

Can Occupy Wall Street Trust Its Own Candidate?

Running for Congress, George Martinez calls himself the Occupiers' candidate. The rest of the movement isn't so sure.

NY1 Freezes Congressional Candidate George Martinez Out of Debate, May Reconsider

Supporters of George Martinez, a candidate for the Democratic nomination in New York's 7th Congressional District, are pressuring NY1 to reverse its decision not to invite Martinez to the station's political debate, accusing the station of a bias that privileges well-connected fundraisers over grass ... More >>

Deadly Delancey: What To Expect With The Street Safety Plan

In January, 12-year-old Dashane Santana was struck and killed by a car as she crossed Delancey, at Clinton Street. Santana was not the first pedestrian to perish on the busy road: Other walkers and many cyclists have died on Delancey. At the intersection of Delancey and Essex, for example, Transpo ... More >>

It's Endorsement Time! Grace Meng and Liz Crowley Both Announce New Support In Congressional Race

It's endorsement season in the crowded race to replace longtime Congressman Gary Ackerman -- who surprised folks last month with the announcement that he would be retiring. You sometimes wonder how much these endorsements really matter -- but at least they offer us some insight into the kinds of d ... More >>

City Lawyers and Councilman Stephen Levin: Plan for Brooklyn Broadway Triangle is Solid

Elected officials like to be cheerleaders for affordable housing. But that doesn't mean they're always cheering for the same thing. For some Brooklyn pols speaking out this week about the Broadway Triangle -- the 31-acre parcel of city-owned land on the border of Williamsburg and Bedford-Stuyvesant, ... More >>

Mike Bloomberg Walks By Press Conference Criticizing Him as Advocates Applaud Brooklyn Broadway Triangle Court Decision

Mayor Mike Bloomberg awkwardly walked past a press conference on the steps of City Hall this morning as advocates criticized him and called on the city to change its housing plans for Brooklyn's Broadway Triangle. The group of advocates and residents, with the support of two electeds, had rallied t ... More >>

Sen. Schumer, Christine Quinn Push Feds To Pressure Bank That Owns Shoddy Housing

​A consequence of our sucky economy: The city estimates that around 125,000 housing units will go into foreclosure over the next two years. In many cases, owners (including banks) are trying to unload these buildings, and while they wait, living conditions deteriorate drastically for tenants ... More >>

10 Arrested at Protest Over Detention of Immigration Reform Advocate

Photos by Mizue Aizeki. There was a protest in Manhattan today over the detention of Jean Montrevil, a Haitian who has had a green card since 1986 but, owing to a drug conviction for which he served time in the 1990s, has been subject to supervision and was detained by U.S. Immigration authoritie ... More >>

Reyna's Big Council Win a Defeat for Dem Boss Vito Lopez

​ By Aaron Howell. Yesterday incumbent city councilmember Diana Reyna defeated challenger Maritza Davila by 4,000 votes, 60 percent to 35 percent. It was a far cry from the last time the two women faced off, in the September Democratic primary, when Reyna beat Davila by a mere 250 votes aft ... More >>

Gillibrand Continues to Rack Up Way-Early Endorsements

She's new on the job, almost half her constituents can't give an answer when asked about her performance, and her next election is over 16 months away, but Senator Kirsten Gillibrand continues to rack up endorsements. Friday Al Sharpton and Congressman Gregory Meeks came out for her, and now House m ... More >>

Justice Denies: Feds won't stop Bloomie's term limits coup

Yesterday afternoon, the Justice Department shot down one of the last legal challenges to Mayor Mike Bloomberg's controversial term limits extension. In a fifty-page appeal, lawmakers and civil rights groups had asked the federal government last month to consider the term limits extension a violatio ... More >>

Paterson Presents Senator Gillibrand

Your new Senator with Al D'Amato (l.) "So it's August the 14th, 2003," says Governor Paterson, "and I am going to meet a lawyer who is going to be meeting me in an office building in Manhatan." (He wanted her not to run for Congress in '04, as she had planned, but the state senate.) "All the light ... More >>

WPIX, Others Say Gillibrand Will Go to Senate

Despite the protestations of Wayne Barrett and Carolyn McCarthy, among others, it looks as if Governor Paterson is going with Kirsten Gillibrand. The Times says he's "leaning" toward her; WPIX "confirms" it; Politico's Glenn Thrush says it "looks like" Gillibrand. After the mad leaks of last night o ... More >>

Bushwick Rallies Against Hate Crimes

Paterson's Possible Picks: The Short List

Hot New Trend: Local Pols Telling Off the Man

Feeding the Beast: Midday Link Dump

State Joins City in Ozone Emissions Suit vs. US EPA

NYC RFD: Early Morning Notes from Our Little Town

Waste Deep in the Big Muddy: Reps Seek Superfund for Newtown Creek

Moms Protest Toys "R" Us and Toxic Greed

Pols Blast, Sort of Warn P.S. 64 Landlord

Gregg Singer Chopping Landmarked P.S. 64 Now!

Love It or Level It

The saga of old P.S. 64 is a real education

Close-Up on Red Hook, Brooklyn

Close-Up on Sunset Park, Brooklyn

Close-Up on Bushwick, Brooklyn

Brooklyn Judge War

Close-Up on Two Bridges, Manhattan

Close-Up on South Williamsburg

The Day the Clave Stopped

New York's Latin music programming shrinks as population grows

Close-Up on Cobble Hill

Close-Up on Glendale, Queens

A Paucity of Choices

Few Challengers, and Fewer Issues, in Council Races

Billy's Boondoggle

The Comptroller's Payroll Becomes a Political Playground

Close-Up on DUMBO, Brooklyn

Close-Up on Corona

New York Rally Shows Mainstream Opposition to War

But Will Bush Hear the Message?

Close-up on Maspeth

Close-Up on Bushwick

Close-up on Chinatown

Close Up On: Carroll Gardens

Close-Up On: Ridgewood, Queens

Close-Up On: Sunset Park

Power to the People

Lower East Side Residents Oppose Con Ed's Expansion Plan

Money Talks

Well-heeled incumbents heavily favored in city congressional races

Finally, a Progressive Party

Working families party forges a left-liberal coalition