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Ruth Mullen — who was killed last week when crossing Johnson Avenue — was an active with the political social group Riverdale Huddle, says member Elizabeth Cooke-Levy, often prodding her fellow huddlers to move from conversation to action.

Ruth Mullen: Political activist, and so much more

Ruth Mullen's life was tragically cut short Sept. 7 while simply trying to cross the street in front of her Johnson Avenue home. She's remembered by friends as an activist, and by her husband Jim as the love of his life. more

By ETHAN STARK-MILLER | 9/18/21

U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman is not exactly a happy congressman despite the passage of the Democratic-led infrastructure bill through a divided U.S. Senate. In fact, Bowman says he and other progressives may not support Joe Biden’s signature bill in the House if the Senate fails to move a budget resolution worth three times as much.

Bowman no fan of Biden infrastructure bill package

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s resignation over nearly a dozen sexual harassment allegations dominated the news cycle in New York last week. So, it may have been easy to miss the other big story that broke the same day — the U.S. Senate finally passing an infrastructure bill, bringing it yet another step closer to landing on President Joe Biden’s desk. more

By ETHAN STARK-MILLER | 8/22/21

When U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman ran for Congress last year, he positioned himself far left of his predecessor, Eliot Engel, advocating for progressive ideas like universal health care. However, since Bowman arrived in Congress, he’s worked hard to find common ground with establishment Democrats — like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — to get some of his progressive agenda items passed.

Eight months in, Bowman is just getting started

Going from being a Bronx middle school principal to walking the halls of Congress in less than a year’s time would feel like a whirlwind for most people. But Jamaal Bowman has taken this exact transition in stride. more

By ETHAN STARK-MILLER | 8/7/21

As a former campaign operative, Amanda Farias has gathered data on her city council district for the last four years since she first ran to replace Ruben Diaz Sr., in 2017. Farias says her campaign manager Christian Amato was able to put all this data to use, pinpointing which voters she needed to turn out most.

Consense proves its mettle with Amanda Farias win

There were numerous competitive Democratic primaries to keep track of in the Bronx last month. But of all the city council races in the mainland borough, the east Bronx win of Amanda Farias was special not just for her, of course, but also an up-and-coming campaign team she entrusted to secure that victory. more

By ETHAN STARK-MILLER | 8/2/21

Last month’s Democratic primaries were messy because of incompetence on the city elections board, according to state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi, and had nothing to do with ranked-choice voting. That’s why Biaggi is working on a state constitutional amendment that would change how elections board commissioners and members are chosen.

Long road to transform elections in New York

Last week, Brooklyn borough president Eric Adams officially received the Democratic nomination for mayor after the city elections board certified results from the June primary. more

By ETHAN STARK-MILLER | 8/1/21

Final endorsements wave comes through

If Kathryn Garcia was able to vote in the Bronx, she says she would choose Assemblywoman Nathalia Fernandez as her first choice on the ballot to become borough president. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 6/20/21

With city council candidate Marjorie Velazquez and U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres by his side, Andrew Yang makes yet another stop in the Bronx as part of his push to become New York City’s next mayor.

Yang looks to give everyone a seat at the table

Andrew Yang became a household name in 2019 as he was one of several candidates seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Donald Trump for the White House. He was different from most of the other candidates. He had no government experience. But he had a rather unique idea: universal basic income. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 6/17/21

David Fisher says as he wrote his new book, ‘The Executive Order,’ about fascism coming to America, and that almost everything in the book kept coming true. That book is about to come out in June, along with some non-fiction work about the trial of Jack Ruby, the man who killed accused John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.

David Fisher hasn’t met topic he can’t write about

It’s not every author who can create books as diverse as the first tell-all from a professional hitman, a ghost-written biography on famed lawyer Johnnie Cochran, and a book about how to talk to a pet cat. more

By ETHAN STARK-MILLER | 5/23/21

The Biden’s administration may be planning to cut carbon emissions in half by 2030, but author Bill Caplan says that’s not soon enough. In his new book, ‘Thwart Climate Change,’ Caplan claims many policymakers miss key carbon emission data — like that which comes from constructing the built environment.

Bill Caplan has way to fight climate change — now

The debate over the existence of man-made climate change is all but settled — 97 percent of climate scientists agree on this, according to NASA. And for the past few years, many policymakers — especially of the Democratic persuasion — have called it an existential threat. more

By ETHAN STARK-MILLER | 5/9/21

Making open records a bit more open

New York is not exactly known for transparency when it comes to public records. But Assemblywoman Amy Paulin hopes to take the first steps to change that. more

By MICHAEL HINMAN | 3/21/21

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