When someone approaches Brooklyn developer Kirk Goodrich about participating in a new project that will go through the city’s land use review procedure, the first thing he does is check which City Council member represents the area. If he doesn’t think that member will be supportive, he won’t get involved because under the doctrine of […]

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The city’s first-ever “rat czar” quietly scurried away from her post last week with the war on rats still raging, the mayor’s office confirmed to THE CITY Tuesday. Mayor Eric Adams appointed Kathleen Corradi as the big cheese in New York’s eternal battle against the critters in April 2023, but she departs the job after […]

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The Democratic Party is having a reckoning around what it actually means to be a “big tent,” and Zohran Mamdani’s candidacy for New York City mayor is at the center of the debate. The party’s big tent approach is “one of our greatest strengths. But, if we allow extremist views — like those of democratic […]

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The FAQ NYC podcast is teaming up with Max Politics for a special limited series with hosts Christina Greer, Katie Honan, Harry Siegel and Ben Max digging into all the latest in the mayor’s race — and what’s at stake for the city’s future. In the debut episode, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams joins the pod to […]

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This story was produced as part of a partnership between THE CITY and NOTUS. New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani pulled out of a televised town hall on an ABC affiliate station Monday, citing the company’s decision to suspend “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” During a Monday morning news conference, the Democratic candidate said his decision […]

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