Richard Lipsky, retail insurgent, helped drive Wal-Mart out of Queens. How does he turn back the tide of shopping gigantism?

Quietly, Eliot Spitzer has been doling out money to Dems across the state. Sure, he’s got his eye on Pataki’s job. Saving the party wouldn’t hurt, either.

If he were chair of the Democratic National Committee, Simon Rosenberg would work on modernizing the party’s politics of persuasion.

Marty Tankleff has spent the Past fifteen years in prison telling anyone who’d listen he was wrongfully convicted of killing his parents. Can P.I. Jay Salpeter, a tough-talking former cop, finally prove it?

Local pols have been jumping on the front-runner’s bandwagon faster than you can say “double-digit lead.” So what if they once backed Dean? And Clark?

Plus, Marla's little red string, Weinstein's Broadway dreams, Rangel's religious problem, and the Soros family vies for power.

Gifford Miller tries to get out the youth vote; promises faster subway, cheaper apartments.

Gen. Wesley Clark for president, eye-lifts while you sleep, Rudy Giuliani’s Hampton house, and more.

Would-be public advocate Andrew Rasiej says 311 is a joke, wants to introduce city to 21st century. Can techie upstart unseat Betsy Gotbaum?

The city’s wealthy Kerry backers have a message for undecided donors: Fund the front-runner—now—or lose to Bush later.