After 20 years, New York reconsiders mayoral control of its education system.
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Lessons Beyond Long Island
Today on TAP: Tom Suozzi’s impressive win to take back the House seat formerly held by George Santos suggests good news for Democrats nationally.
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Suozzi’s Triumphant Victory Defies GOP Border Push
Buoyed by big turnout in Queens, the win cuts into the Republican House majority and continues the Democratic winning streak post-Dobbs.
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NY-03 Special Election Tests Jacobs’s ‘Long Island Strategy’
Tuesday’s primary to fill George Santos’s seat is a toss-up, despite an experienced former Democratic congressmember facing a largely unknown Republican.
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100 Years Ago Today: Savage Nativism. And ‘Rhapsody in Blue.’
On the bigotry and diversity inherent in the world’s foremost nation of immigrants
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Latimer Picks Anti-Union Consultant for Bowman Challenge
Global Strategy Group, which once worked for Amazon to prevent union organizing in its warehouses, is doing polling for the pro-Israel candidate.
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Election Deniers in the C-Suites
Workers can win union elections, but companies pull out all the stops to prevent them from obtaining a first contract.
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Can Progressive New York Revive?
That depends on whether organizing and unity are a match for two incumbents in the pocket of business and one embittered ex-governor.
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How Amazon’s Outsourcing Facilitates Union Busting
Employees at the company’s Queens warehouse actually work for a third-party subcontractor. This fissured workplace is an obstacle to collective-bargaining rights.
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Corruption in New York’s Redistricting Plans
Today on TAP: A key member of the supposedly independent redistricting commission has a flagrant conflict of interest. Will he recuse himself?