http://nymag.com Daily coverage of New York's restaurants, nightlife, shopping, politics, and culture. en Copyright 2006, New York Magazine Holdings, LLC Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:35:20 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/62255/ Why putting Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on trial downtown is the right thing for the U.S.—and the city. (And if Rudy were still U.S. prosecutor, he’d agree.)]]> HASH(0x168ea62c) http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/62255/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:26:28 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/61860/ Bloomberg may have squeaked back in as king—but now he has two ambitious princes to contend with.]]> HASH(0x168e81e8) http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/61860/ Sun, 8 Nov 2009 22:04:10 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/56782/ The city has not elected a Democratic mayor in twenty years, and this year’s candidates have an uphill fight. Why can’t the party rise again?]]> HASH(0x168c87ac) http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/56782/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:52:40 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/55006/ When Governor Spitzer resigned a year ago, he left a bloated budget—and, worse, a successor who hasn’t proved he’s up to the job.]]> HASH(0x168800ac) http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/55006/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:24:13 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/52917/ Suddenly, it seems possible that David Paterson will pass the torch to a new generation of Kennedys. But is this really a good idea?]]> HASH(0x168d8c00) http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/52917/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:40:35 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/51820/ The city’s mayors inevitably tend toward the imperial and autocratic. Why did we think this one would be different?]]> HASH(0x168da938) http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/51820/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:21:52 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/50501/ If the mayor wants to change the term-limits law—and go for a three-peat—the Wall Street crisis provides the perfect opportunity.]]> HASH(0x168ef260) http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/50501/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:57:42 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/45987/ Aides like Darren Dopp would have walked through fire for Eliot Spitzer. And in a sense, Dopp has.]]> HASH(0x169084f8) http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/45987/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:35:41 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/156xxx/ DEKXXX HASH(0x168f98d0) http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/156xxx/ Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:04:08 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/39591/ Eliot Spitzer and Joe Bruno are fighting each other. But they’re beating up everyone else.]]> HASH(0x168f9570) http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/39591/ Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:53:01 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/30336/ Memo to Rudy: Get a strategist and handler before you start talking about ferrets again.]]> HASH(0x16876fd4) http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/30336/ Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:53:24 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/29725/ On issues like homeless families and school busing, the mayor’s vaunted CEO expertise hasn’t been much use. Can he turn around his second term?]]> HASH(0x16917ad0) http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/29725/ Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:47:24 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/28156/ The governor’s tactics are more improvised than premeditated, but he has state legislators right where he wants them—running for cover.]]> HASH(0x16913b18) http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/28156/ Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:29:30 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/26567/ This city is behind several others—even Chicago!—in its efforts to combat global warming. Mayor Bloomberg can do much better.]]> HASH(0x169083a8) http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/26567/ Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:07:56 -0500 http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/25011/ His predecessor didn’t do him any favors. And the new governor will need all his wiles to defeat the two-headed monster currently ruling Albany.]]> HASH(0x1690bf9c) http://nymag.com/news/politics/citypolitic/25011/ Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:56:17 -0500