By Ben Smith 4/11/05 12:00am

Ferrer Campaign Opens Its Office To Cinema Verite

Until now, the race for Mayor hasn’t exactly seized the public’s imagination, but at least two acute political observers expect high drama by November. D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, whose documentary The War Room changed the way Americans view politics, have begun filming Fernando Ferrer’s campaign for Mayor.

“The filmmakers made their way to Read More

By NYO Staff 6/10/02 12:00am

A 1 Percent Commuter Tax

It’s becoming clearer by the day that Mayor Michael Bloomberg cannot (and should not) balance the city’s perilous finances only with service cuts and supposedly painless efficiencies. He has to find reasonable tax increases to close a budget gap that approaches $6 billion.

As luck would have it, there’s an extremely reasonable tax hike that Read More