Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Paterson's Possible Picks: The Short List

Bloomberg’s Taxing Debut

Beyond Feel-Good Aura, a Brutal Budget Plan

Watershed Waffle

Rudy Takes a Dive on City Wetlands for Upstate GOP

Train Runs Over Rudy

Mayor Stands Up For City, Gets Clobbered By Runaway Commuter Tax Cut

Watershed Fallout

Could the Probe of a Top Eco Cop Affect New York's Senate Race?

Green With Envy

Pataki Wrestles Spitzer for Eco-Laurels

Saving Captain Gatto

Bobby Kennedy Jr. Swears by Him, but Is the City’s Top Watershed Cop Washed Up?

Millennial Matchup

Zany and Historical Factors That Will Make Rudy or Hill a Winner 

Nation

Zany and Historical Factors That Will Make Rudy or Hill a Winner 

Looking For Lefty

Progressives Could Choose the Next President—For Better or Worse

One-Stop Bombing

The U.S. Navy’s Assault on the Puerto Rican Island of Vieques

The Other Black Sea

Seeping into the harbor, the city's oldest oil spill nears court action

Remote Patrol

Seeping into the harbor, the city's oldest oil spill nears court action

Jesse Jackson: The Desperate Hours

Inside the Civil Rights Power Struggle

Pig Business, The Trailer

The latest documentary exposing the seedy underbelly of industrialized meat farming is Pig Business, a film by environmental activist Tracy Worcester about the true price of Big Pork (a.k.a. Smithfield Foods) flooding the market with cheap factory-produced pork. Apparently, the film was supposed ... More >>

On the Stump: Citywide Candidates' Latest Doings

​Damn, August already -- and we haven't paid our rent or looked at the local candidates much besides the mayoral prospects. Here's a fast look at what contenders for three big spots have been up to lately: Manhattan D.A.: Richard Aborn appeared with former NYPD Commissioner and current LAPD C ... More >>

Primary Culler: Green Leads in Public Advocate Race, But Can He Dodge a Runoff?

​Mark Green was the first New York City public advocate -- a sort of Mayoral VP and public busybody -- and, after a two-term interregnum by Betsy Gotbaum, he looks good to become the third. But it's not such a sure thing as it once looked. When Green announced for the race he actually scared ... More >>

D.A. Candidates Grabbed Big Bucks in Last Days of Campaign

In the past week, the Manhattan D.A. candidates really worked the pockets of big contributors, Board of Elections 24-hour reports reveal. Leslie Crocker Snyder reports $139,950 in donations since last Tuesday, much of it from lawyers like Bernie Goetz defender Barry Slotnick and Lawrence S. Goldman. ... More >>

Deposits on bottled water hit 10/31

​Bottled water in less than 1 gallon bottles will have a refundable 5 cent deposit per bottle like beer and soda after October 31. A judge lifted an injunction against the deposits, part of the expanded state recycling bill, on Friday. An odd coalition of bottled water companies, including Ne ... More >>

Dirty Coal: The Last Mountain on an Industry Run Amok

​Bottled water in less than 1 gallon bottles will have a refundable 5 cent deposit per bottle like beer and soda after October 31. A judge lifted an injunction against the deposits, part of the expanded state recycling bill, on Friday. An odd coalition of bottled water companies, including Ne ... More >>