New York’s primaries confirm a major new reality of American politics: Our cities are turning overwhelmingly left.
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New York Voters With Disabilities Left Out of the Absentee Voting System
Accustomed to voting at the polls but compelled by COVID-19 to vote absentee, disabled voters had to surmount obstacles that an unprepared state inflicted on them.
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Some Problems as New Yorkers Go to the Polls
A handful of polling places didn’t open on time, and some voters received partial ballots or none at all.
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The First Major Elections of the George Floyd Era
Progressive insurgencies look to shock well-funded machine picks in New York and Kentucky.
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New York City Braces for Election Day
Elections officials and campaigns work to prepare for an unusual voting process, just as the city rebounds from the coronavirus tragedy.
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Eliot Engel Down by Double Digits in New Poll
Progressive challenger Jamaal Bowman has leaped ahead of the 16-term incumbent with a week to go until Election Day.
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‘Dark Money’ Groups Back Engel Against Progressive Challenger Bowman
Two nonprofits, recently incorporated in Delaware, have spent $260,000 on ads and mailers backing Rep. Eliot Engel. The groups are not required to reveal their donors.
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Could a Homophobic Conservative Democrat Win Next Door to AOC?
In the country’s most left-wing district, Democrats have a problem.
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The NYC Curfew Is a Disgrace the NYPD Is Happy to Exploit
There is no curfew in the city, just a blanket justification for cops to act however they want when the sun goes down.
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Eliot Engel, Jamaal Bowman, and the CBC
What is the point of the Congressional Black Caucus?
