- May 3, 2004
- Will Bill?
Bill Thompson is mild-mannered, relatively unknown, and not sure he wants to run. So how is it that the city comptroller may be the next mayor?
- April 24, 2000
- On the Right Track
Anticipating the arrival of its new high-speed trains, Amtrak deftly transforms dreary Penn Station with sleek escalators and other touches.
- August 11, 2003
- Mark My Words
A charge of racism probably cost Mark Green the mayoralty. As he prepares to reenter public life, Green reflects on the attacks that persist even now.
- November 10, 2003
- Money Tries to Talk
Politicians come to Manhattan when it’s time to raise money, then don’t give the city its due. Bloomberg’s new Fifth Avenue rallying cry: No justice, no cash.
- June 14, 1999
- Centrist Casting
Rudy Giuliani isn't the only sort-of-moderate Republican looking to rent a Senate seat; meet Suffolk County congressman Rick Lazio, preaching the unlikely gospel of inclusion.
- May 16, 2005
- The Stadium Catbird Seat
In the battle for the West Side stadium, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver holds all the cards. He never knew he had so many friends.
- March 18, 2002
- Talking Trash
No one wants to grapple with the city's garbage crisis, least of all the mayor, who seems willing to sacrifice schools and libraries rather than ruffle feathers in Staten Island.
- October 5, 1998
- The Best Man?
New York's Senate race has left national gay leaders in a painful bind: Will they reward the Senate's most pro-gay Republican or back his more reliable Democratic rival?
- January 3, 2000
- Who Do Women Want?
Hillary thinks she has the votes of smart, educated women wrapped up -- and she may, but many are reluctant to admit it, at least until she becomes a better candidate.
- May 5, 2003
- Voodoo Economics
George Pataki may not deserve all the blame for the collapse of New York’s economy, but his obeisance to the Republican tax-slashing agenda will hurt the state for years to come.

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