Run-Off Poll: Close

A new poll out today from Quinnipiac University says the two run-off elections for comptroller and public advocate are pretty close, if not in a dead heat. Which, coupled with an expected tiny turnout, means Get Out the Vote will be particularly important.

This year, that's a very good thing for the candidates Read More

Boom Times for de Blasio and the Working Families Party

The biggest winner in last night’s primary was the Working Families Party, whose candidates lead the pack in the public advocate and comptroller races, while nearly their entire slate of City Council candidates was swept into office.

The leaders of the Working Families Party converged at the Water Street Restaurant & Lounge in Dumbo, site Read More

A Bad Day for Mark Green

The most interesting story to emerge from primary night involves the least consequential office on the ballot. But his surprisingly anemic second-place finish behind Bill de Blasio likely means that the beginning of the end of Mark Green’s long political career—one more notable for its failures and near-misses than for its Read More

Green Would Take Espada’s Endorsement

Mark Green said he “personally likes Pedro Espada” and called him “an important figure in the State Senate.”

“If he endorsed me I would accept it,” said Green.

Green made his comments when he was asked about the controversial Bronx lawmaker during a press conference outside City Hall where Green announced the support Read More