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PoliticsOctober 7, 2021
NY State’s Redistricting Might Just Save Joe Biden’s Presidency
Though the state continues to lose population, in the zero-sum game of American politics subtraction could work in the Democrats’ favor next year.
Ross Barkan
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PoliticsSeptember 9, 2021
Kathy Hochul’s Future Ambitions Create an Opening for the Left
To win reelection, New York’s governor will need to reinvent herself as a progressive Democrat. The state’s housing activists can show her how.
Ross Barkan
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GovernmentAugust 16, 2021
The Friends of Andrew Cuomo
If incoming governor Kathy Hochul wants to get off to a fresh start, she’ll begin her housecleaning by giving these holdovers the heave-ho.
Ross Barkan
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PoliticsAugust 10, 2021
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Political FiguresAugust 3, 2021
Andrew Cuomo Is the New Crown Prince of Denial
While any ordinary politician would slink off stage, New York’s governor will only go down fighting.
Ross Barkan
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State and Local ElectionsJuly 27, 2021
The Working Families Party’s Amazing Disappearing Ballot Line
Thanks to the city’s notoriously incompetent Board of Elections, when New Yorkers go to the polls in November, the WFP will not be on the ballot.
Ross Barkan
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PoliticsJuly 12, 2021
Eric Adams Is Going to Be a Very Different Kind of Mayor
His deep ties to organized labor and Democratic institutions make him a tough opponent for the city’s left. Yet the same institutional checks that have long frustrated progressives will also restrain Adams’s ability to roll back tenant protections.
Ross Barkan
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PoliticsJune 21, 2021
Why NYC Progressives Should Fear an Eric Adams Mayoralty
Is the Brooklyn Borough president worse for New York—and the left—than Andrew Yang?
Ross Barkan
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LawMay 21, 2021
Will New York Join the List of Cities With Progressive DAs?
One of the most important political races in America will be decided here on June 22. And it has nothing to do with Andrew Yang.
Ross Barkan
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PoliticsApril 23, 2021
Dianne Morales Looks for Space—and Support—on New York’s Left
Though her mayoral campaign is still polling in single digits, Morales would represent a profound break with the city’s past.
Ross Barkan